101 Top Southeast Asia Banking Companies and Startups

March 16, 2022

This article showcases our top picks for the best Southeast Asia based Banking companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Banking industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top Southeast Asia Banking Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Xendit

Xendit

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Xendit is fintech company that provides payment infrastructure across South East Asia.

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M-DAQ

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M-DAQ provides a sustainable ecosystem for securities and stock exchanges to enable multi-currency trading on a cross-border basis.

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Kristal.AI

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Kristal.AI develops a digital private wealth platform designed to make premium investments available to the masses.

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TONIK

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TONIK is a digital bank that provides retail financial products, including savings deposits, loans, current accounts, payments, and cards.

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Vauld

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Vauld is a Singapore-based crypto platform. It enables customers to buy, lend, borrow and trade crypto assets from one unified platform.

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Aspire

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Aspire is an all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in SouthEast Asia.

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PAYFAZZ

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PAYFAZZ is an agency-based financial platform that facilitates digital transactions and payments.

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Akulaku

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Akulaku is a leading banking and digital finance platform in Southeast Asia.

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OY!

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OY! is a fintech application that simplifies the management of finances.

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Fazz Financial

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Leading Fintech which offers a portfolio of products that enable merchants / consumers to accept payments, transfer, bank, and invest.

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Bank Index

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Bank Index provides lending services to small and medium enterprise.

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Jago

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Jago provides banking and financial services.

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BDO Unibank

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The market leader in the domestic banking industry in the Philippines.

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Timo

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Timo provides digital banking services in Vietnam

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UnionBank of the Philippines

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UnionBank of the Philippines is a publicly-listed universal bank.

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Crowdo

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CROWDO is a digital financial solutions platform powered by Neobank technology for SMEs in emerging markets.

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SeA Bank

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SeA Bank is a banking institution that provides services like preferential loans, tax service, online transaction solutions and more.

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VPBank

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As one of the earliest-established Joint-stock Commercial banks in Vietnam, VPBank has achieved steady development throughout its history.

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Hodlnaut

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Hodlnaut is a platform that provides financial services for individual investors.

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Techcombank

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Techcombank is now joint-stock commercial bank in Vietnam.

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Security Bank Corporation

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Security Bank Corporation is one of the Philippines’ leading universal banks serving retail, commercial.

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Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam

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BIDV is a Vietnamese commercial and state-owned bank engaged in the provision of investment banking services.

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United Overseas Bank

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United Overseas Bank is a bank in China that caters to SMEs with financial services.

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Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank

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One of the best commercial joint stock banks in Vietnam.

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Silot

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Silot is a Singapore-based Fintech startup that empowers banks with a fast and scalable AI platform.

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N-Frnds (nFrnds)

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N-Frnds’ unique agency network platform combines digital and physical distribution networks in emerging markets.

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Hugo Save

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Hugo is a digital account that helps you spend, save and invest, starting with gold.

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China Bank

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China Bank is the country’s first privately owned local commercial bank

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MyMy

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MyMy is a fintech focused on digital payments and financial inclusion.

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An Binh Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ABBANK)

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ABBANK is a commercial bank that provides consumer and corporate banking services.

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BigPay

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Bringing fair and transparent financial services to Southeast Asia

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HolyWally

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HolyWally is the world’s first wallet-as-a-service platform that combines adaptability, rapid scalability, and optimized user experience.

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HDBank

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DBank is a commercial bank that offers consumers, corporations, and investors a comprehensive range of financial and banking services.

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Thai Credit Retail Bank.

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Thai Credit Retail Bank Public Company is a Computer Software company located in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand.

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RootAnt

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The 1st Transaction Neobank in Asia, to achieve easier, faster, cheaper working capital solutions with digital banking technologies.

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Yoma Bank

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Yoma Bank is a progressive domestic bank that provides banking services in Myanmar.

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Rizal Commercial Banking

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RCBC is the financial flagship company of the Yuchengco Group of Companies (YGC), one of the oldest and largest conglomerates.

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Cashlez

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Cashlez operates as a financial technology company that provides value propositions for traders, and mobile payment players.

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Mahar Bawga Finance

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Mahar Bawga Finance is a non banking financial institution.

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TheBank

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TheBank Provides account services to customers by receiving deposits and loan payments.

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XSpring Capital

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XSpring Capital is applying for licences for all digital asset businesses except a digital asset exchange with the (SEC).

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PT Bank Bisnis Internasional

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PT Bank Bisnis Internasional is a non-foreign exchange private commercial bank.

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LZVCPA

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LZVCPA Inc., provides Financial, Audit, Tax, IT, Telecom, Call Center, Legal, Advisory & Private Banking, including niches & crypto markets.

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Finbots.AI

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Singapore-based B2B SaaS fintech transforming financial services with AI

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CDRX

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Trade global equities, bonds and derivatives as securitised tokens (Crypto Depository Receipts) – faster, cheaper and fractionally

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UOB Venture

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UOB Venture is an investment firm that finances privately-held companies through direct equity investment.

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Bank Bumi Arta

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Bank Bumi Arta provides banking services.

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Staple

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Staple develops cognitive AI to read, interpret and extract structured data from documents at scale, regardless of layout or language.

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SmartPesa

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Omnichannel payments and agency banking solutions provider, incorporating mPOS, card and non-card based payments

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AxeHedge

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Investment Technology Platform Service Provider

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Xfers

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Xfers is a Major Payment Institution approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for the provision of e-money issuance services.

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DBS Bank

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DBS Bank is a Singapore-based bank, providing full range of services in consumer, SME, and corporate banking activities.

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Jewel Paymentech

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Jewel Paymentech is a FinTech company.

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Bank Maspion

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Bank Maspion conducts banking business, securities business, and other related businesses.

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OOjiBO

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OOjiBO solution works as a full stack retail banking system on a mobile phone.

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PortfolioQuest

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PortfolioQuest is a SaaS gamified simulation training platform designed for bankers of the future.

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Azentio

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Azentio Software provides critical, vertical-specific software products for customers in banking, financial and insurance services.

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The Praxis Company

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The Praxis Company is a Company create a place to accelerate financial literacy education .

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First Finance MFI

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First Finance is a banking company that builds the economic stability of low-income Cambodian families & allow access to home ownership.

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Interloan

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Interloan is a P2P lending platform for salaried professionals in Vietnam.

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Jirnexu

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Jirnexu delivers end-to-end digital acquisition tools and solutions for FSIs and service providers.

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SCB Group

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Siam Commercial Bank Group is Thailand’s first indigenous bank.

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Kasikorn Bank

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Kasikorn conducts commercial banking business, securities business, and other related businesses.

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T2P

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T2P is our first Thai investment in this field.”

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Vietnam Payment Solution

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VNPAY is a financial services company that provides electronic payment solutions in Vietnam.

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Monetary Authority of Singapore

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Central Bank and Financial Regulator in Singapore

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Bank Negara Indonesia

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BNI offers integrated financial services to its customers.

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Moneythor

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Moneythor is a financial technology company delivering better digital banking for customers and enhanced marketing & analytics for banks.

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KHcoin

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Decentralize Crypto Currency from Cambodia

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Maybank

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Malaysian bank & financial group

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Marketnode

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An SGX-Temasek joint venture — Traditional markets, next generation digital assets infrastructure

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Friox Technology

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Consumer Finance advisory, Debt Purchase

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Friz

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Friz is a neobank for the brave and relentless freelancers of Southeast Asia.

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OnePuhunan Micro Ventures Philippines Financing Co.

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OnePuhunan provides financial services in the Philippines focusing on low income individuals and small businesses which are not served

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Bank Neo Commerce

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Bank Neo Commerce provides various online and offline commercial banking services.

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Geniusto

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Geniusto is a global fintech solutions provider offering Mobile & Internet Banking, Payments Orchestrator, Coresystems, LMS/LOS

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Novasmart

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Novasmart are developing of digital bank with the ecosystem of non-financial services for SME and retail and providing SaaS for fintech

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Liquid Group

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Liquid Group is a regional mobile payment services group that provides a network to enable local & cross-border QR payment acceptance.

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Bank Central Asia

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Bank Central Asia is an Indonesian private bank that provides financial solutions to achieve optimal satisfaction for customers.

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RHB Bank Berhad

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RHB Bank Berhad provides Credit Cards, Loans, Wealth Management, Deposits, Islamic Banking.

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Silverlake Axis

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Silverlake Axis creates technologies to enable the Digital Economy.

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OCBC Bank of Singapore

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OCBC Bank of Singapore provides its clients with various financial services, ranging from transaction banking to stockbroking services.

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Bank Rakyat Indonesia

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Bank Rakyat Indonesia specialises in small scale and microfinance.

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Halofina

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Halofina is a robo-advisory platform in Indonesia that cover a whole aspect of personal finance

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Bank of the Philippine Islands

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Bank of the Philippine Islands is the oldest bank in the Philippines still in operation and is the country’s third largest bank.

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Metrobank

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Metrobank is a financial service company that offers banking services to large local and multinational corporations.

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Bank Negara Malaysia

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Bank Negara Malaysia is a Malaysian bank that offers banking and financial services.

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VIB – Vietnam International Bank

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Commercial Bank

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Asia Commercial Bank

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Asia Commercial Bank is a retail bank that offers internet banking, an open API sandbox, and a cloud-based security infrastructure.

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1337 Ventures

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1337 is a technology accelerator and early stage venture capital focused on doing pre-seed and seed stage investments in Malaysia.

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Asian Development Bank

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ADB is a development finance institution provides loans, technical assistance, equity investments, and grants for development activities.

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Online Loans Pilipinas

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Online Loans Pilipinas is a fintech platform that offers digital financial solutions that uplift the financial well-being of customers.

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One Network Bank

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One Network Bank provides banking services.

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Bank Indonesia

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Bank Indonesia is the central bank of the Republic of Indonesia that establishes and maintains rupiah’s stability.

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Digital Ventures

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Fintech subsidiary of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Thailand’s oldest and largest bank.

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PT Bank HSBC Indonesia

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PT Bank HSBC Indonesia serves as a commercial banking institution in Indonesia.

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TpBank

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TpBank provides commercial banking products and services in Vietnam.

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Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia

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Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia is a banking firm that offers financial services.

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TNEX

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Banking, Payment, Markertplace, Wellness

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Contemi Solutions

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Technology partner to financial industry, providing digital solutions for insurance, asset & wealth management, banking & capital markets.

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Vietcombank

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Vietcombank is a foreign trade bank that provides a wide range of financial services in international trade.

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