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EY Entrepreneur Of The Year – Financial Technology

Akshay Garg is Co-founder, Chairman and Group CEO of FinAccel, a financial technology company in Southeast Asia with a mission to build fast, affordable and accessible financial products for underbanked customers in the region. FinAccel’s flagship product Kredivo is the leading digital credit platform in Indonesia, enabling customers to take personal loans and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) from leading e-commerce merchants at bank-like interest rates with the simplicity of a few clicks. FinAccel is backed by some of the leading investors in the region such as Victory Park Capital, Naver Corp, Mirae Asset, Square Peg, Jungle Ventures, Telkomsel and Singtel, among others.

Prior to founding FinAccel, Akshay co-founded Komli Media, an advertising technology company that pioneered real time bidding and audience profiling in Asia. Komli Media was the parent company of PubMatic (NASDAQ: PUBM); other parts of its IP were acquired by Axiata (KLSE: AXIATA) and Affle (NSE: AFFLE).

About FinAccel Pte. Ltd.

FinAccel is a financial technology company focused on making financial services fast, affordable and accessible for the underbanked population in Southeast Asia. FinAccel’s products and entities include Kredivo, the leading Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) platform in Indonesia and Vietnam; KrediFazz, the leading personal loan platform in Indonesia; as well as the recently acquired Bank Bisnis Indonesia. FinAccel is backed by leading venture capital firms and corporate investors such as Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC, Mirae Asset, Naver, Square Peg, Jungle Ventures, Telkom Indonesia, Singtel and GMO, among others.

Website: finaccel.co