Malaysian officials consider harsher punishments against hackers and companies failing to protect customers’ data
Hack attacks are on the rise in Malaysia. Now the country’s lawmakers are considering taking off the kid gloves towards both criminals and the companies neglecting to protect their clients.
Stock trading API developer Alpaca said to close $10m Series A
Alpaca, an API for stock trading, has reportedly closed its Series A round on $10m as it seeks to reach more enterprise customers.
Flender passes halfway mark for its latest funding round
Ireland-based P2P mobile lending platform Flender has raised over half of the capital for its funding round, pulling in around £1.2m, so far.
Indonesian InsurTech Qoala scores $65m
Indonesia-based InsurTech startup Qoala has secured $65m in its Series B funding round.
Online real estate unicorn Beike Zhaofang’s $1.2bn Series D round pushes its valuation past...
PropTech scaleup Tianjin Xiaowu Information Technology, which is also known as both Beike Zhaofang and Ke.com, has raised a massive $1.2bn capital injection from seven investors. The Series D round means it's valued at more than $10bn, making it a unicorn ten time over.
HSBC and ING back buy now pay later firm Divido in $30m round
UK-based whitelabel platform for retail finance Divido raised $30m in Series B funding.
Decentralised trading platform UXUY lands $3.2m seed
UXUY, a Singaporean next-gen MPC-based decentralised trading platform, has raised $3.3m in a seed funding round.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners boosts RegTech space with investment in cleversoft
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), an international private equity firm, has made a significant investment in cleversoft Group GmbH, or cleversoft, a top-tier provider of regulatory software for the financial services sector.
Tamir collects another $10m for enterprise data unification
Tamir, a company using machine learning and customers’ knowledge to unify and prepare data, has raised an additional $10m in funding.
Indian InsurTech HealthySure scores $1.2m
India-based InsurTech company HealthySure has reportedly raised $1.2m in its pre-Series A funding round.