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11 Most Promising Singapore Fintech Startups in NextGen Tech 30

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The 2024 winners were selected by a panel of key industry players representing organizations such as KKR, Granite Asia (formerly GGV Capital), Singapore’s InfoComm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore Business Federation, Singapore-based global investor EDBI, SGX Group, DBS Bank, Northstar Group, and 65 Equity Partners.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

CB Insights

A 2018 survey by Bank of America shows that millennials’ top financial priorities were saving for emergency funds (64%), saving for retirement (49%), and saving to buy a house (33%) — not much different from the concerns their baby boomer parents had 30 years ago. From big banks to big tech. From big banks to big tech.

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If Facebook Wants To Be WeChat, Why Did It Launch Libra?

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billion, revenue was up 45 percent, profits were up 71 percent and mobile was driving a stunning 87 percent of ad revenue, just to highlight a few of the notable and impressive headlines. When Tencent made the move to mobile and launched WeChat in 2011, it had to persuade QQ users to download and use the WeChat app.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

CB Insights

If Amazon can get you lower-debt payments or give you a bank account, you’ll buy more stuff on Amazon.”. Based on our findings, it’s hard to claim that Amazon is building the next-generation bank. In aggregate, these product development and investment decisions reveal that Amazon isn’t building a traditional bank that serves everyone.