Fintech

Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Better Capital, and other VCs have placed big bets in a handful of financial services companies aimed at kids.

Paytm’s IPO will be the largest-ever listing in the Indian capital market, surpassing Coal India’s INR 154.75 billion IPO in 2010.

Experts predict the Chinese e-yuan to be available nationwide after the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Across Asia, other nations are also developing their own CBDCs.

Upstart Kakao Bank hopes to vault to No. 3 in market value after IPO next month.

China’s internet sector has long been cleaved into two camps, but that may change soon.

Binance faces potentially hefty financial penalties in Thailand, and the company’s staff could be jailed.

Our picks feature firms that have developed services and platforms for different facets of fintech.

Southeast Asia is one of the most rapidly digitalizing regions in the world, with 70% of the region’s population online in 2020, according to the report.