Singapore fintech founder silent on previous SEC probe

Singapore

OCTIFI'S press release late last month rolled easily off the list of accolades of its founder, Ed Chin. Veteran on Wall Street, specialist in trading distressed consumer and mortgage credit, and former managing director at Goldman Sachs.

But a simple online search showed that Mr Chin's time on Wall Street was in fact, cut short by the US regulator accusing him of misconduct in 2016. He was publicly known as Edwin Chin then.