As 2020 comes to a close, we want to take this time to show our gratitude to everyone who has supported us throughout our journey this year. It has not been easy and we couldn’t have done it without your unwavering support. 🤝 We are excited to show you what we have in store for 2021 and hope that you’ll still be with us for the ride. The Aspire team wishes everyone a happy and prosperous new year! ✨🌟 💫 Aspire's 2020 in review, link in the comment section ⬇️
After 3 months and 3 rounds of competing, Aspire is excited to announce that our Vietnam Team clinched first place in the OCB Open API Challenge 2020 🏆! This year, the OCB Open API Challenge, organized by Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB), is participated by more than 50 Fintech companies from 6 countries: Vietnam, USA, Malaysia, UK, India and Singapore. OCB allows banks and financial institutions to collaborate and bring the best experience to customers through technology. "On behalf of the Vietnam team, we are honoured to receive this award by Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB). We are excited that our technology can enable banks like OCB to better serve SMEs in the Vietnam market." - Stefano Pellegrino, PhD, LLM, Aspire Co-founder and Vietnam Country Manager. Congratulations to the team, well deserved! 🎉
Aspire is excited to be participating the biggest fintech festival of the year, Singapore FinTech Festival, as the finalist of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Fintech Award. Book a session with one of our representatives and get behind the scenes to what Aspire is all about and what's coming next in the near future! Few days to the Singapore FinTech Festival on December 7-11, see you there 🎊 https://lnkd.in/fZ_n_d4
We believe in growing together with like-minded startups to create a greater impact in the community we are in. Aspire continues to expand our community by partnering with startups across Southeast Asia and beyond. We are welcoming our newest partner, PEAK account, from Thailand. PEAK account is accounting software that allows SMEs to process the right information for faster and more accurate decision making. Aspire Thailand is partnering with PEAK account to provide SMEs with the fastest financial support in Thailand, accessible for anyone.
As published by Asian Banking and Finance, we're excited to be Xero's first business neobank partner to provide SMEs with a faster paperless accounting integration! "In the light of recent events, the ability of SMEs to operate remotely without reducing productivity has been crucial to their survival amid the pandemic. The partnership between Xero in Singapore and Aspire aims to digitise local SMEs and their relationship with their accountants with a much more frequent and completely paperless integration,” said Joel Leong, Co-founder and Country Manager of Aspire Singapore. “During a time of extraordinary uncertainty and change, we are pleased to partner with Aspire as part of our mutual commitment to make life better for SMEs and solve one of the small businesses’ biggest problems, cash flow. Xero provides SMEs with the most relevant data at their fingertips. Now together with Aspire, they additionally have transaction information synced every hour, offering a near real-time view of their finances ” said Kevin Fitzgerald FCCA, Managing Director of XERO Accounting Software.
We are so excited to be receiving The Startup (Fintech) Award by TechNode Global! Thank you to the whole Aspire team for the daily hard work to make this happen
You are all invited! Join MoneyLIVE in a series of panel discussion with Finance Experts about 'A New Chapter In The Evolution of Payments'. Happening later! Tuesday, 17 November 2-4PM SGT Panels will be moderated by Juliette Foster, owner of Magnus Communications and commented by Andrea Baronchelli CEO and Co-founder Aspire Line of speakers: • Jason Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, OVO (PT Visionet Internasional) • Sujith Abraham, Senior Vice President and General Manager - ASEAN, Salesforce • Caecilia Chu, Co-Founder and CEO, YouTrip • Brad Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Wave Money • Paolo Azzola, Chief Operating Officer, PayMaya Philippines • Kertapradana S., Head of Strategic Partnerships, Grab • Urvashi Gupta, Regional Manager, Onfido • Vincent Lau, Head of International Payments, HSBC • Yi (Judy) Bei, Global Head of Payments and Receivables, Mobile Money, Standard Chartered Bank • Frederic Ho, Vice President of APAC, Jumio Corporation Save your seat: https://lnkd.in/g-apXvj
Another great news to end the week! Aspire is thrilled to be shortlisted as one of the finalists in The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) FinTech Awards, organized by Singapore FinTech Festival (supported by PwC Singapore). It is a privilege for our disruptive offerings to be recognized as one of the most innovative #fintechsolutions alongside our partner NIUM and fellow #fintechpioneers like Validus Capital! Link to press release in the comment section ⬇
Through #innovation and disruptive #technology, we thoroughly pursue our mission to give SME owners their time and money back. We are particularly proud to be recognized and nominated by TechNode.com Global as the finalist for the Most Innovative Fintech Startup in Asia award! In a positive spirit of the competition, we wish our peers in this category the best of good luck: Curlec, FPL Technologies, Gorilla Mobile, slice, StashAway, Validus Capital and VayMuon - Vietnam P2P Lending ! Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gwgK7F4
75% of business owners are taking steps to digitize during Covid19, with the adoption of financial solutions being one of the key areas of digital pickup. Aspire is proud to be a Singaporean-founded company, serving the ecosystem of local business owners. When we interviewed Joel Leong, our Co-founder and Country Manager (Aspire Singapore), he shared with us his thoughts on the company's direction: "Passionate about the financial inclusion of SMEs, Aspire is on a mission to reinvent banking for modern-day business owners in Singapore and Southeast Asia by providing easy and trusted access to financial services online. With a partnership-oriented approach we have collaborated with numerous organizations to build with and for the local ecosystem, developing innovative fintech solutions and contributing to Singapore's mission of being a fintech hub in the region." Keen to join the fintech revolution, and be part of a mission-oriented company? View our job openings here: https://lnkd.in/gkhPaMN
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