Analysis
Vietnam’s transition to digital finance has accelerated sharply in recent years, but ARPU remains low.
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Vietnamese digital banks face profitability challenge amid aggressive expansion drive
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Advent-backed Brazilian payments unicorn Ebanx makes SE Asia push
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VN Digest: HDBank partners LSE; Techcom Securities raises $488m loan; HCMC Fund officially launches
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India: Polaris Smart Metering secures $80m funding from BII
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Flipkart plans foray into India's ticketing market as live events boom: report
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Ebanx will immediately expand to Thailand, Indonesia and Turkey.
Deals
HDBank separately unveiled plans to raise up to $300m through international green bonds.
The funding will be used to deploy 2.2 million smart meters in West Bengal.
Move will pit Flipkart against Accel-backed BookMyShow and Zomato’s District.
Greater China
It will fund AI infrastructure expansion, generative AI research and working capital.
The companies fined include Pinduoduo, Meituan, and JD.com.
The company has previously turned down funding offers from top VCs.
World
The programme combines a closed-end fund and bespoke co-investment vehicles.
Prosus is selling 13.6 million Delivery Hero shares at 20 euros each.
