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Newly minted unicorn PPRO grabs for upside in Southeast Asia's FinTech scene
Founded in 2006, PPRO powers international growth for payment service providers and platforms such as Citi and Mastercard Pay.
February 26, 2021
Company in the news
Payments provider PPRO crosses US$1 bil valuation
The payments platform-as-a-service company is now valued at over US$1 billion.
January 20, 2021
Tong's Portfolio
Why we bought shares of Boeing and building suppliers, and trimmed consumers
(Nov 25): The Global Portfolio did quite well over the past one week, rising 1.8% and outperforming the MSCI World Net Return Index’s 0.3% gain. US stocks continued to inch higher to fresh record highs. The current investing landscape is positive for st
November 22, 2019
Singapore still prefers cash over digital payments
SINGAPORE (Sept 5): In tech-savvy Singapore, where almost everyone has a smartphone, nine out of 10 people still prefer to pay for everyday transactions the old-fashioned way – with cash.
September 05, 2017
Fintech
Digital payments make for better money management: PayPal
SINGAPORE (Aug 29): New research conducted by online payments company PayPal has revealed that while cash remains king for transactions in Singapore, going digital may be the way to get locals to pay their bills.
August 29, 2017
Tech
Stripe to use Singapore as beachhead in Asian payments expansion
SINGAPORE (Sept 20): Stripe Inc., the US payment startup backed by Sequoia Capital and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, is bringing its service to Singapore to help local startups build online businesses.
September 20, 2016
3 winning startups admitted into Paypal Singapore incubator
SINGAPORE (July 8): Toby Hoenisch started programming at the age of 10, and quickly got into trouble in high school when he was caught hacking into the school system.
July 08, 2016