Digital banking

Anext Bank’s new CEO leverages CTO stint to grow SME lending by financing AI hardware

Qiu Kai takes unusual route to corner office at Ant International unit

GXBank CEO Kaushik Chowdhury believes the Malaysian digital bank could achieve profitability by June 2027.
THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

‘Our moat is our people’: GXBank CEO backs passion-driven teams to serve Malaysia’s underserved

About half of the bank’s customers are low-income Malaysians earning under RM4,000 a month

Revolut intends to occupy a total of 2,400 square metres of the open-plan space of the property that features a 19th-century facade and resembles a Parisian boutique shop.

Revolut to open Paris office as lender seeks to expand in Europe

The company has signed a 10-year lease for space in the historic Bourse business district

From left: MetaComp co-president Tin Pei Ling, chairman Bai Bo and co-president Eddie Hui. The company says it achieved full-year net profitability in 2025.

Backed by Alibaba, Singapore’s MetaComp aims to be ‘Asia’s Revolut’ for businesses

With its focus on transaction banking, fintech firm sees itself as builder of broader industry’s infrastructure

The Singapore Gulf Bank was set up in 2024 in Manama city by the Whampoa Group, a private investment holding group.

Singapore investors build showcase of banking expertise in Gulf

Singapore Gulf Bank is set up by private investment group Whampoa and Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund

GoTyme took more than two years after its launch in October 2022 before introducing its first lending product, a buy now, pay later service.

Philippines’ digital banks chase profits as regulator ups the stakes

Both GoTyme and Tonik have said they aim to become net profitable in the next year

TrustInvest allows traders to trade over 7,000 US stocks and ETFs.

Trust Bank launches retail trading platform for US stocks and ETFs, offering in-app fractional investing

Since admitting investors from its waitlist in November 2025, 10,000 customers have opened trading accounts

Boost Group CEO Sheyantha Abeykoon views SME lending and payments as entry points rather than end points, noting that "once trust is established, the relationship can become much wider and deeper".

Malaysia’s Boost bets on MSMEs, not hype, in its race to unicorn status

It is eyeing a valuation target of ‘a couple of billion dollars’ within five years