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11 Most Promising Singapore Fintech Startups in NextGen Tech 30

Fintech News

Headquartered in Singapore, Aspire employs over 600 people across nine countries and is backed by global top tier venture capital (VC) firms, including Peak XV Partners, Lightspeed, Y-Combinator, Tencent and Paypal. YouTrip was created with the vision to provide a smarter and more convenient way to handle foreign currency transactions.

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

CB Insights

PayPal and Square emerge as leaders in the payments space. PayPal and Square emerge as leaders in the payments space. PayPal was the first major company to pioneer a new online payments method for budding e-commerce sites like eBay, which previously relied on checks and money orders. TABLE OF CONTENTS. rate per transaction.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: The Ant Financial IPO?

PYMNTS

As is well known by now, Ant Financial , the Chinese micro-lending Internet player, has raised a whopping $4.5 The funding is a striking portrait of demand by investors with dry powder to gain entry into a nascent, technology driven market. billion in its latest financing round, a tidy sum above the $3.5 Sizzle or Fizzle?

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13 Southeast Asian Fintechs Among CNBC’s Global Top 250 List

Fintech News

Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised more than US$300 million from world-class investors, included Sequoia, Lightspeed, Y-Combinator, Tencent and Paypal. It also comes a payment card which allows users to spend their crypto directly in fiat currency. The platform is designed for travelers and tech-savvy consumers alike.

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