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Some lending-as-a-service providers can approve your loan in a matter of minutes.

Paytm’s expensive valuation, lack of clarity on the path to profitability, and cutthroat competition are believed to be the key reasons behind its weak market debut.

In the three-day IPO that concluded on November 10, Paytm was oversubscribed 1.89 times, receiving bids for a total of 91.4 million shares against the 48.3 million shares available.

Sea Group doubled revenues in Q3, but it also reported a 34% increase in net losses.

Singapore group’s market cap doubles despite losses, chasing Alibaba, Tencent.

The number of homegrown startups in the Philippines has almost doubled in the last three years.

Six online-only upstarts set to challenge big financial institutions.

Southeast Asia’s payments landscape will lean towards an India-like model, Aung Kyaw Moe says.