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A look at ten VC firms in Vietnam that are helping shape the domestic fintech market and which are still actively looking for investment opportunities in the sector.

As fintech continues to pick up to steam in Vietnam, we look today at the investors supporting that momentum. For this list, we’ve selected eight of the most active investors in the Vietnamese fintech sector, looking at the startups they’re betting on.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 11:25 GMT+7 A woman uses Vietnam-based live video-streaming platform GoStream in this supplied photo. Vietnam-based live video-streaming platform GoStream announced that VinaCapital Ventures has invested US$1 million in the company to help it expand its business. Launched in 2017, GoStream is a multi-platform livestream broadcaster for social sellers, marketers, and content creators.  It enables users to reach a larger audience from different platforms to increase vi...

Expanding digital-only lenders open up framework questions 15:39 | 07/01/2021 Expanding digital-only lenders open up framework questions, illustration photo Digital-only group TNEX, in partnership with Vietnamese lender Vietnam Maritime Bank (MSB), is boasting about its service speed as a core component of its business. It takes just a few minutes to register, and new customers will immediately receive a free-for-life revolutionary bank account and virtual debit ...

Retailers adapting to new behaviours 10:00 | 17/12/2020 Retailers adapting to new behaviours-illustration photo At the end of November, South Korea-based convenience chain GS25 announced installation of facial payment Facepay into 25 of its 80 stores, before extending the service to the whole chain. Facepay has been developed by Wee Digital, a digital identity technology startup. The installation of Facepay is part of GS25’s strategy to scale up its presence...