Fintech companies in Asia Pacific received $5.1 billion of funding in the first half of 2023, a further drop from $6.7 billion during the same period last year, a recent KPMG report has revealed.
The figure points to a “very soft” fintech funding landscape in the region, in contrast with $36.1 billion of funding in the Americas, and $11.2 billion in Europe, Middle East and Africa EMEA, the study showed.
In terms of number of fintech funding deals, 432 were completed in the Apac region, compared with 1,011 in the Americas, and 702 in EMEA.
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