FinTech
GoBear adds $17m to pot to grow its financial marketplace app
Financial marketplace app GoBear—no relation to Gojek, which uses the…
Shopee’s explosive growth pushes Sea to near $1b revenue
Southeast Asia’s popular Shopee app is seeing explosive growth right now as the…
China’s Ant Financial ventures into Myanmar
Continuing its low-key expansion across Asia, China’s Ant Financial, maker of…
Gojek goes for gold with new investing service
Gojek users can now invest in gold right within the ride-hailing app. The new…
Visa invests in Singapore’s Nium
Fintech startup Nium today revealed it has secured a fresh round of funding…
Sequoia backs Indonesia insurance startup Qoala
A year after its launch, cutely-named insurance startup Qoala has secured…
Ex-Grab exec pockets fresh funding for insurance startup
Grab’s first chief technology officer Wei Zhu, who departed the ride-hailing…
Lending startup KoinWorks pockets $20m fresh funding
KoinWorks, a lending startup focused on small and medium-sized businesses in…
ORIGIN Thailand | Building Southeast Asia’s digital payment powerhouse
From left to right: Ms. Monsinee Nakapanant, the co-president, Ascent Money…
ORIGIN | Mobile payment solutions are taking off in Southeast Asia
Aiza Azreen Ahmad, director of strategic partnership at Boost, at TechNode…