The firm is opening a regional center to be closer to clients and strengthen its footprint in Asia Pacific on the back of rising demand for fintech services.
Digital software provider Backbase is expanding to Asia Pacific with the opening of its regional headquarters in Singapore, the company announced in a statement on Tuesday.
The Netherlands-based firm provides customised digital tools for SME banking, corporate banking, retail banking and wealth management, and counts global banks including Citibank, HSBC, Barclays, and Goldman Sachs as its clients. In the announcement, the firm said the APAC office will give the Backbase «access to specialized workers, shared innovation, and proximity to related professional services in the fintech industry.»
CEO Jouk Pleiter said Backbase currently has 12 «very strategic» customers in the region, and is recruiting and onboarding digital talent for digital transformation projects across the region.
