2023年5月23日

南非电子银行平台TymeBank已经筹集了7780万美元项目前期C轮由African-focused成长阶段基金Norrsken22和瑞士的全球影响资本投资公司的蓝色地球。TymeBank预计今年晚些时候关闭其C系列圆,它在一份声明中说。腾讯,导致投资者fintech B系列扩展提高7000万美元的2021年12月,参加这个项目前期C轮和增加股份成为TymeBank第三大股东。TymeBank多数属于Patrice Motsepe非洲彩虹的资本(电弧);南非的fintech其他投资者的支持,包括英国国际投资(BII) api增长基金二世,詹峰会控股(詹峰会),非洲无花果树(AFT)和精神AI基金。不过,TymeBank不自主的南非。它属于时光集团公司总部设在新加坡。时光,控股公司专注于设计、构建和操作数字银行新兴市场。时光的品牌在南非TymeBank——GoTyme在菲律宾,其在亚洲的第一市场,fintech去年10月与Gokongwei集团合作推出。成立于2019年2月,TymeBank采用混合数字银行和物理服务操作模型。 It offers a transactional bank account with zero or low monthly fees and a savings product to its customers, most of whom are onboarded via physical locations, including national retailers Pick n Pay and Boxer, top fashion retailer The Foschini Group (TFG) and one of the largest churches in South Africa, the Zion Christian Church. The challenger bank has also seen many accounts opened online and a shift from cash deposits to electronic transfers. Some of its competitors include Bank Zero and Lula . In early February 2021, when we covered Tyme Bank’s first tranche of its Series B at $110 million , the fintech, founded by Coen Jocker, was on track to reach 3 million customers. The company has now hit a 7 million customer milestone this month (in South Africa alone), the company said in a statement. Those numbers are set to increase as the fintech, last year, moved into business banking, acquiring Retail Capital, a fintech that has provided over R5 billion in working capital to more than 43,000 business owners in South Africa. “Tyme has continually pushed forward the evolution of banking. Tyme was the first bank in South Africa to be operated fully off a cloud-based infrastructure network and now makes it possible to open a fully regulated bank account in less than five minutes, which can be done online or from a TymeBank kiosk. It also takes nine seconds to send money to any cellphone in South Africa using TymeBank’s SendMoney app,” the statement added. TymeBank claims to be recording a revenue run rate of over $100 million annually as its business across South Africa and the Phillippines is growing at 300,000 new customers monthly. The company says the exponential growth in customer numbers shows how “it is truly serving consumers’ needs and having entered as a disruptor in the industry, it is now entrenched as the credible alternative to legacy banks in the country.” TymeBank intends to use this new capital, which takes its total money raised to over $260 million, to further operations in South Africa and the Philippines and for future expansion in Southeast Asia. Tyme’s global footprint includes its product development and engineering hub in Vietnam and its headquarters in Singapore, leading strategy, business development, data, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) functions. “We are delighted to invest in Tyme. The company offers a unique product with huge customer appeal, which has led to fast and sustained growth. We have analyzed a lot of fintechs from across the continent, and Tyme set itself apart with its impressive growth, its differentiated product, and its unique ability to reach and serve new customer groups,” said Natalie Kolbe, the managing partner at Norrsken22, on the investment. “The exceptional management team have already built one of the largest challenger banks in the world, and we are looking forward to being part of the next phase of their journey.”