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Atome Financial expands partnership with HSBC to support Philippines, new consumer financing products

SINGAPORE & MANILA, 10 August 2023 — Atome Financial today announced it has renewed and expanded its USD100M debt facility with HSBC Singapore to include the Philippines market, as well as support new consumer financing products.Atome Financial is Southeast Asia’s leading digital consumer financing platform, providing consumers across the region flexible deferred payments, smart savings ...

by Starry
2 months ago
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Atome receives In-Principle Approval (IPA) from MAS to operate as Major Payment Institution in Singapore

SINGAPORE, 9 November 2022 – Apaylater Financials Pte Ltd (commonly known as Atome) has received the in-principle approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate as a Major Payment Institution (MPI) under the Payment Services Act 2019 (PS Act). Once granted, the MPI licence will allow the company to perform regulated payment services, ...

by reinaryjamleong
5 months ago
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Atome names ASTRO as first global celebrity brand ambassador

Atome names ASTRO as first global celebrity brand ambassador The popular six-member K-POP music group will headline Atome’s #OwnTheExtraordinary holiday shopping campaign from now until end of year  SINGAPORE, 21 OCTOBER 2021 – Atome, Asia’s leading buy now pay later brand, today announced K-pop group ASTRO as its global brand ambassador. Formed in 2016, ASTRO is one of ...

by Starry
2 years ago
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 Standard Chartered, Atome Financial seal strategic partnership to deliver mobile-first financial services for consumers across Asia

10-year multi-product regional partnership will improve financial access and product choice for consumers across key markets in Asia Includes planned USD500M financing to support Atome Financial to expand its regional ecosystem of merchants and customers Singapore — Standard Chartered and Atome Financial have announced a 10-year multi-product strategic partnership, combining their strengths in finance and technology to ...

by Starry
2 years ago
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StanChart to invest $676m in Singapore-based buy now, pay later firm Atome

Singapore (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) plans to provide US$500 million (S$676 million) in financing to Singapore-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) fintech Atome Financial, under a 10-year partnership to be rolled out in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. In what appears to be the first bank-fintech BNPL tie-up in the region, the ...

by Starry
2 years ago
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Understanding Gen Z, millennial shopping behaviour is key to the future of retail

Lifestyle aspirations, brand values and higher expectations of the shopper experience are some of the factors fuelling their spending patterns The retail industry – both in the online marketplace and in the traditional brick and mortar domain – has been buoyed by a new target audience in recent years.  Say hello to millennials and their younger counterparts, ...

by Starry
2 years ago
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AsiaPay, Atome team up to enable flexible installment payment options across APAC merchants

Singapore – Hong Kong-headquartered Asiapay and Singapore-headquartered Atome have announced a joint partnership to enable seamless, flexible installment payment options to online and offline retail businesses across the APAC region. AsiaPay is a digital payment solution and technology vendor in Asia based in Hong Kong, aiming to bring advanced and cost-effective electronic payment processing solutions and services ...

by Starry
2 years ago
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From professor to fintech entrepreneur: why David Chen of Atome decided to make the switch

With a PhD in Computer Science and a comfortable career as an Associate Professor at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, it would have been safe to assume David Chen would see out the remainder of his career in academia and groom the next generation of tech talent. However, he had other ideas. Having been awarded with Nanyang ...

by Starry
3 years ago