Sea Restricted has launched a brand new international headquarters for its digital monetary companies enterprise in Singapore and introduced a rebranding of SeaMoney to Monee.
Situated at Rochester Commons, the brand new facility spans 10 flooring and over 200,000 sq. toes.
It’s anticipated to accommodate over 1,000 professionals initially, with room for as much as 1,500.
The positioning will function an innovation hub, housing Centres of Excellence in product administration, synthetic intelligence, and anti-money laundering.
These groups will deal with constructing deep capabilities in areas vital to the way forward for monetary companies.
The headquarters additionally consists of greater than 100 collaborative assembly rooms and product innovation areas, a multi-purpose operate corridor, and coaching areas for expertise growth.
Devoted flooring function a café and fitness center designed to assist worker well-being and foster a way of neighborhood.
The rebrand to Monee displays Sea’s efforts to simplify its model throughout markets and align its id extra carefully with its mission of increasing entry to monetary companies.
The brand new identify additionally underscores its reference to Shopee, Sea’s e-commerce platform.
Monee operates throughout Southeast Asia and Brazil, providing companies corresponding to digital wallets, funds, credit score, banking, and insurtech.
Since its launch in 2014, it has change into one of many area’s largest digital monetary platforms.
Sea additionally confirmed the formation of a regional banking group beneath MariBank, which holds a digital banking licence in Singapore.
This transfer is a part of a broader push to develop monetary entry throughout the area.
The launch occasion was officiated by Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Commerce and Business Dr Tan See Leng.
Forrest Li, Chairman and Chief Govt Officer, Sea, mentioned,
“Monee will proceed to construct a future the place monetary inclusion is a actuality for all. The important thing financial and digital growth businesses, corresponding to Digital Business Singapore (DISG), the Financial Improvement Board (EDB), and Enterprise Singapore (ESG) have created a thriving ecosystem for tech innovation right here.
The Financial Authority of Singapore (MAS) noticed digitalisation as a chance to make our monetary companies sector extra vibrant. Our story of homegrown success and subsequent globalisation wouldn’t have been potential with out the robust assist and optimistic atmosphere offered by our residence nation,”
Sea’s core companies embrace Garena (digital leisure), Shopee (e-commerce), and Monee (digital monetary companies).
Featured picture: Edited by Fintech Information Singapore, based mostly on picture by Monee
