Aspire partners with GeTS in furthering fintech hub ambitions

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 18 March 2020 – In furthering Singapore as the fintech hub
of Southeast Asia, Global eTrade Services (GeTS) has announced its partnership
with Aspire, a Singapore-based startup with aspirations of being Southeast
Asia’s SME Neobank leader.

The partnership will facilitate easier access
for customers, especially SMEs, to trade financing on CALISTA™Finance
throughCALISTA™, a global supply chain orchestration platform run
by GeTS.

CALISTA™ Finance aims to address the needs of
underserved businesses, especially SMEs in Southeast Asia, to improve liquidity
and meet other financial needs. By automating the documentation process and
harnessing trade data, the know-your-business (KYB), loan approval and
disbursal processes will be expedited while also enhancing security.

Aspire has been expanding its presence in
several Southeast Asian markets. Through CALISTA™ Finance customers
can seamlessly access the Aspire’s credit offerings to expand their own
businesses in the region too.

The company follows partners such as DBS Bank,
the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), MoolahGo, and Liquid Group,
which have already onboarded CALISTA™ Finance since its launch in December
2019. GeTS is also working to harness data to power up other financiers.

Chong Kok Keong CEO of GeTS, said: “We are
delighted to have Aspire onboard CALISTA™, to integrate the digital and
physical aspects of trade financing on a single platform. This partnership will
facilitate more convenient access for our customers to trade financing, as part
of our vision to make trade more accessible, predictable and easier.”

 

“With the same mission to support more small
businesses in Southeast Asia, Aspire is excited to be working together with GeTS,”
said Joel Leong, Co-founder of Aspire.

About Global eTrade Services

Global eTrade Services
(GeTS), a global leading trade platform company, is shaping the future of trade
and supply chain with its innovative use of technology and deep G2B and B2B
domain expertise. GeTS enables the orchestration of physical logistics,
compliance and financial requirements of trade and supply chain seamlessly,
smartly and securely, thus powering global trade by making it accessible,
predictable and easier to fulfil. The company has linkages to 61 Customs nodes
across the world, with more than 175,000 connected parties and conducting more
than 24 million transactions annually.

About Aspire Financial Technologies Holding Inc.

Aspire serves a new generation of
digital-savvy businesses with a mobile-first digital business account across
Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Aspire’s flagship product,
AspireAccount, can be opened online in just a few
clicks. The account is free and comes with a credit limit of up to 300k which
can be approved in 24 hours. SMEs can then use the credit limit for daily
expenses, virtual B2B payment and other tools to help SMEs manage their cash
flow. With Aspire, SMEs can access financial services for their business
operations anywhere and at any time through their mobile phones.