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What’s Fueling Southeast Asia Fintech Golden Age?

Fintech News

First, the report emphasizes Southeast Asias relatively underdeveloped traditional financial infrastructure and its large pool of financially underserved populations, which present significant opportunities for digital financial services. billion underbanked adults.

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As it Preps for IPO, Klarna Takes the Throne as Walmart’s BNPL Provider

Finovate

Klarna is replacing Affirm as Walmarts exclusive BNPL provider, marking a major shift in the BNPL space. The buy now, pay later (BNPL) company announced that it has struck an agreement with Walmart to serve as the retail giant’s exclusive partner for BNPL installment loans. The deal strengthens Klarnas U.S.

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The Full List of Fintech Unicorns in Asia (2025)

Fintech News

The company became a unicorn in 2021 after raising $220 million in Series B funding from Tiger Global, Pegasus Wings Group, and Insight Partners. DMI Finance is quickly growing its services, which include personal loans, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) options, and embedded credit solutions. Slice Valuation : $1.8 MoneyView Valuation: $1.21

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Top 10 Buy Now, Pay Later Players (BNPL) in India in 2024

Fintech News

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) in India has experienced a rapid increase in adoption, with its share of e-commerce sales in Asia-Pacific (APAC) surging from just 0.1% Similarly, Freecharge Pay Later is no longer available, according to its website, signaling further shifts in the BNPL landscape. in 2019 to an estimated 5.8%

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Codebase Technologies Unveils Financing Platform to Support Underserved MSMEs

The Fintech Times

Codebase Technologies , a UAE-based fintech platform provider, has launched its ‘Digibanc SME Financing’ platform to address the needs of underserved Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across MENA and APAC. per cent from 2022 to 2031. Globally the financing gap for formal MSMEs is an estimated $5.2

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i2c: Mobile Banking, Credit Drive FinTech Opportunities Beyond The ‘Simple’ DDA

PYMNTS

“The stars of financial services in 2021 will have something to do with credit,” i2c CEO Amir Wain told Karen Webster, saying the days of the simple checking or demand draft accounts (DDA) are over. You can’t be a star with the DDA in 2021,” he added.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Next Insurance Aims To Raise $250M In Funding; FLEETCOR Agrees To Purchase AFEX

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The firm is usually geared toward offering global accounts to companies underserved by financial institutions. The transaction should reportedly close in Q1 2021 once regulatory approvals and other conditions are satisfied. AFEX works to put cross-border solutions in place to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).