Money for the Unserved or Underserved SMEs

Wong Kah Meng, CEO , Funding Societies

05-Dec-18 10:05

Money for the Unserved or Underserved SMEs

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Funding Societies is the largest regional P2P financing platform in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, connecting creditworthy SMEs with retail, high net worth and institutional investors. It has successfully disbursed hundreds of millions of ringgit in SME financing across Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, and aims to continue serving the unserved or underserved SMEs across the region. We speak to Funding Societies CEO Wong Kah Meng about how you, as a business owner or investor, can get in on the action.

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Tags: peer-to-peer, funding, entrepreneurship,

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