‘Let’s bank’: How MariBank plans to win over Singapore’s retail and SME segments

[SINGAPORE] When Natalia Goh joined Sea’s digital bank MariBank, the first question she often got was: how do you pronounce it?

“Mari”, inspired by the first word in the Singapore national anthem, means “come” or “let’s”.

“The thinking behind MariBank is actually let’s bank... a very welcoming message about how we make banking very accessible and simple,” Goh told The Business Times.