

Upcoming events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs - March 2020
Singapore has such a dynamic ecosystem that sometimes the number of events offered can be overwhelming. Here at FirstCOUNSEL, we're going to help you out by putting together a curated list of upcoming events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs: March 3 - How to Capitalise on the Next Wave of Digital Currency Trends - FREE March 5 - International Tech Connect - FREE March 24-26 - Money 20/20 Asia - $550-$1595 RESCHEDULED March 27 - FOR ENTREPRENEUR, BY ENTREPREN

How savvy startups are rebooting banking
Mihir Dalal, M. Sriram More than 190 million Indians are still unbanked. Now, a slew of digital app-based neo banks are going after them Neo banks raised $116 million in 2019, up seven times year-on-year. While the figure is not huge, what’s striking is that many of these firms have raised seed rounds of $5-20 mn on paper ideas alone A few months ago, Lizzie Chapman, co-founder of payments platform ZestMoney, joked to a venture capitalist that she should just reposition her l