StanChart to pump US$500m in financing via buy now, pay later fintech Atome; eyes 16m customers by 2025

STANDARD Chartered (StanChart) plans to provide US$500 million in financing to Singapore-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) fintech Atome Financial, under a new 10-year partnership to be rolled out in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam in the next few months.