SuperCharger, Standard Chartered name 10 fintech startups in their 2018 accelerator programme

SuperCharger, Standard Chartered name 10 fintech startups for their 2018 accelerator programme

The SuperCharger accelerator programme brings in startups from Europe and Asia to its latest batch in Hong Kong

Standard Chartered and SuperCharger, a Hong Kong- and Malaysia-based fintech accelerator programme, today announced the 10 finalists for its third programme in Hong Kong at the Fintech Finals 2018.

According to a press statement, the 10 finalists was selected out of the 277 applications coming in from 43 countries. The majority of them are “revenue-generating, mature-stage companies seeking to expand into Asia.”

These finalists will participate in a 12-week curriculum that will provide them access to expert advice in market developments, obligations and investment opportunities, as well as opportunities to explore partnerships with Standard Chartered. The programme also aims to leverage SuperCharger’s network of supporting partners that include Baker & McKenzie, Arbor Ventures, InvestHK, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Temenos.

Set to launch on March 19, the programme will conclude with a demo day event in June.

Here is the list of the companies:

AIZEN (South Korea) – Credit scoring and management with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The platform provides a real-time AI Credit Cycle Control Module to help banks monitor, predict, and control loan portfolios in a single platform.

cyberProductivity (Poland) – SME accounting with AI
The platform provides banks with real-time accounting data to offer financial products based on clients’ needs. Virtual CFO technology helps banks’ SME clients to have easier access and better manage their finances.

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Enforcd (United Kingdom) – Regulatory Intelligence (RegTech)
Enforcd is a global regulatory intelligence platform that helps banks embed a strong compliance culture – stay informed, identify and predict risk, and share best practice throughout the organisation.

Exate Technology (United Kingdom) – Data privacy management (RegTech)
The platform provides a data privacy solution which protects data by allowing it to “travel with its own rules.”

FundPark (Hong Kong) – Trade finance for SMEs
The platform is a trade finance platform that connects businesses with funders; it provides invoice financing and purchase order financing for SMEs by using its propriety data analysis model for due diligence, verification and pricing.

gini (Hong Kong) – Personal financial management
An app that helps customers manage their personal finances and rewards them for it. gini lets users take control of their financial life by putting all their credit cards and bank accounts in one app for free.

Investment Navigator (Switzerland) – Wealth advisory
From research to distribution, Investment Navigator enhances the investment and advisory value chain with suitability assessments and solves cross-border distribution, product and tax suitability issues.

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Know Your Customer (Ireland) – Client on-boarding
Know Your Customer provides digital on-boarding solution that automates anti-money laundering compliance processes and radically reduces corporate and individual on-boarding times in financial institutions.

Mindbridge AI (Canada) – Financial auditing with AI
MindBridge™ AI leverages artificial intelligence to detect errors in financial data. Its flagship Ai Auditor™ automates the ingestion and analysis of data and generates risk-scoring algorithms.

vPhrase (India) – Analytics and Insights
vPhrase’s product Phrazor uses AI to summarise data into bullet points, which allow users to review the key insights for decision making.

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