Tagged: digital financing

August 14, 2023 @ 8:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank and Credit Guarantee Corporation Berhad (CGC) announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind direct Application Programming Interface (API) platform for the SME Digital Financing. This integration effects faster CGC guarantee approval process “through real-time approvals, empowering the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with instant access… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank recently revealed that it has introduced its digital home financing solution “Maybank Home2u” via its MAE app which is able to provide approvals within seconds and is available to existing and new clients. Supported by Maybank’s automated decisioning engine, the solution provides a fully… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jiye Technologies, which claims to be the fastest growing Agri-Tech platform in Pakistan has announced a business-to-business (B2B) Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) feature through a digital financing product for farmers and businesses across the country, under its program called “Jiye Khushhaal Karobar.” The digital… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Just six months into its launch, Maybank SME Digital Financing has reportedly cleared RM1 billion (appr. $240 million) worth of financing, serving over 8,200 SMEs, of which around 85% or 6,950 are startups and micro-enterprises based in Malaysia. Maybank stated that all applications that were… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indonesia-based Validus’ subsidiary Batumbu has obtained regulatory clearance to serve as a licensed and authorized online financing platform. The approval has been given by the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK). Since it first began offering services in 2019, Batumbu has reportedly issued more than S$207… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS), part of Volkswagen AG, has partnered with Scrive and Onfido to launch their next-generation digital financing solution for UK dealerships. According to Volkswagen, Scrive’s electronic signature service and Onfido’s digital identity verification services are integrated into the new process for verifying customer identity… Read More

February 19, 2021 @ 7:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Southeast Asia-based Funding Societies, a digital financing platform, has revealed that it has made S$2 billion (appr. $1.5 billion) in disbursals of business financing to SMEs across the region as the company enters its sixth year of offering loans. Funding Societies’ management noted that the… Read More

November 12, 2020 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore based peer to peer finance platform Funding Societies notes that after several years of laying the groundwork with ESG, they’re proud to confirm that their direct lending entity, FS Capital Pte Ltd (which is part of Funding Societies), was approved in October 2020 to… Read More

May 26, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-based HKT Financial Services, the Fintech division of the HKT Group, has launched another Fintech project, HKT Flexi, a digital or online financing platform that allows users to make payments via the HKT Flexi App. HKT Financial Services offers mobile payments, merchant services, O2O… Read More

May 9, 2019 @ 8:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Better.com announced on Thursday it has expanded into several new markets, including Montana, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Backed by Ally, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, American Express Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Pine Brook and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), Better.com describes itself as one… Read More

April 18, 2019 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY), a U.S.-based digital financial services company, announced on Thursday it has partnered with mortgage disruptor, Better.com, to create an end-to-end digital mortgage experience for consumers looking for a mortgage loan from the Ally platform.  Ally reported that in addition to… Read More