
JICA signs deal to invest in Brazilian farm fintech firm
World 16:52 29/05/2025SAO PAULO -- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has decided to invest in Brazilian fintech company Agrolend, which offers financing to small- and medium-sized farmers in the country within as quickly as two days of application.

Vietnam to begin testing P2P lending from July 1
Economy 13:08 04/05/2025The Vietnamese government has approved a two-year trial of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, starting from July 1.

Vietnam’s VNLife raises over $250mn in Series B funding
Economy 12:13 16/09/2021The company intends to use the injection of capital to fund existing businesses and develop new platforms

Vietnam recipient of second-most fintech investment in Southeast Asia: report
Economy 15:36 20/12/2019It also took fifth place in a ranking of preferred ASEAN markets for expansion by non-ASEAN fintech firms

Vietnam’s e-wallet breaks top 100 on KPMG Fintech list
Economy 07:02 06/11/2018This is also the first time a business from Vietnam has been named in this report