Tag: Korea

South Korean payments company CHAI has reportedly scored $60m in its Series B funding round, which will bolster its global expansion efforts.

Mobile cybersecurity company Trustonic has been implemented by KB Kookmin Bank (KB Bank) to enable a simpler authentication experience for users of the banks smartphone app.

MetLife Korea has begun its search for global entrepreneurs and InsurTechs to join its latest collaboration accelerator platform.

Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has prioritised FinTech innovation for 2019 after the country has established the ‘groundwork’ with regulatory, budgetary and institutional support.

South Korea-based Bithumb has reportedly sold a 50 per cent stake to BK Global Consortium.

Japan-based Line Corporation has launched a new investment division which will focus on backing blockchain startups. The new subsidiary, Unblock Ventures, is a token venture...

Singapore-based Golden Equator Capital and Korea Investment Partners (KIP) have teamed to raise a SGD $120m ($88m) fund to support Southeast Asian technology companies.

South Korean-based Viva Republica has reportedly secured $40m in funding from GIC and Sequoia China.

Tera Funding has closed a $9.3m Series A, the largest to be made to a Korean P2P lending company.

FinTech growth investment firm Seven Angels Holdings has acquired real estate P2P platform Elefund.