11/20/2023 9:37:14 PM South Korea’s national pension fund buys $19.9m worth of Coinbase shares By FinTech Collective This is the first time that NPS — whose assets under management reached $755b at the end of June — has made any crypto-related security...
12/1/2021 2:57:23 PM PeopleFund raises $63.4m in Series C funding By Sarah Wolter South Korea based P2P lending platform raised $63.4m in Series C funding led by Bain Capital.
8/26/2021 12:59:52 PM South Korea moves to ban Apple and Google’s payment exclusivity By Sarah Wolter The companies reportedly are both pushing back strongly against the bill, which has been dubbed the “anti-Google law.” If it passes,...
6/25/2021 4:23:35 PM Viva Republica, developer of Korean financial super app Toss, raises $410m at a $7.4b valuation By FinTech Collective South Korea based financial services super-app raised $410m in funding led by Alkeon Capital Management at a pre-money valuation of $7b.
12/10/2020 3:17:21 PM CHAI raises $60m in Series B funding By Sarah Wolter South Korea based payments API startup raised $60m in Series B funding led by Hanhwa Investment & Securities.
9/21/2020 3:00:49 PM WireBarley raises $10m in Series B funding By Sarah Wolter South Korea based global remittances startup raised $10m in Series B funding from Magna Investment, Shinsegae I&C and Dt & Investment.
8/31/2020 3:17:10 PM Viva Republica raises $173m in new funding By Sarah Wolter South Korea based operator of peer-to-peer payment service Toss raised $173m in new funding led by Sequoia Capital China.
6/21/2019 8:07:02 PM PeopleFund raises $35 million By Carlos Alonso Torras South Korea based peer-to-peer lending startup has raised $35m as an extension to its series B financing round, led by Lending Ark Asia...