Singapore-based fintech Dobin has launched!
Dobin is the first company in Southeast Asia to use open finance and advanced data analytics to: give users a single view of their finances; create unique anonymised customer insights; and empower users to get value from their financial data.
Collectively these functionalities give users data-driven personalised recommendations for better financial options and outcomes.
“Managing our personal finances can be overwhelming as our financial information is fragmented. Dobin’s objective is to help users remove the barriers to achieving their financial goals in a simple and secure mobile experience. Dobin uses advanced data analytics to help users manage their finances and get tangible value from their financial data,” said Dobin’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Co-founder Khaled Benguerba. “Now, anyone can get on top of their finances and receive personalised offers – without sacrificing the privacy of their data.”
Dobin gives users a consolidated view of their income and expenses by securely connecting their bank accounts and credit cards across Singapore’s leading banks. This allows users to track how much they earn and where they spend – uncovering overlooked spending habits – and reduce their ongoing expenses – by using relevant merchant discounts.
Dobin builds its data analytics and AI capabilities, it will create unique yet anonymised “financial profiles”. These profiles can indicate a user’s loan repayment capacity, their spending potential with a particular merchant, or the credit card they are likely to use frequently. These “financial profiles” can help users “prove their value” to merchants and financial institutions.
Dobin puts users in the driver’s seat to get value from their own data. Users can choose to give Dobin permission to share their anonymised “financial profiles” with merchants and financial institutions to receive personalised discounts, credit card recommendations, and attractive loan offers. At all times, users remain in control of why and how their data is shared. At launch, users can access merchant discounts based on their spending patterns in categories like shopping, groceries, and travel.
Built by Finance, Data, and Technology Experts
Dobin’s three co-founders bring together decades of experience in banking and payments, data analytics and credit risk, and technology.
Dobin’s CEO and Co-founder, Khaled Benguerba, is a financial industry veteran. Prior to launching Dobin, he took a leading role in establishing and scaling the advisory and data analytics arm of Visa across Asia Pacific. Before Visa, he held multiple leadership positions at American Express. He started his career in Investment Banking at Societe Generale, Houlihan Lokey and Arma Partners.
Dobin’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder, Erwan Macé, is an experienced entrepreneur and technology leader. He was previously the CEO and CTO of Bitsmedia, a company that developed a world-renowned Muslim lifestyle app with more than 150 million downloads globally. Prior to that, he held tech leadership positions at Google, Akamai, and Vivendi.
Dobin’s Chief Product Officer and Co-founder, Gyanendra Singh, has deep expertise in Credit Risk and Data Analytics. He was previously part of the leadership team at OneCard overseeing personalization and decision products. Prior to that, he was the Risk lead for Asia Pacific within Visa’s advisory and data analytics business. He started his career in decision analytics at Experian, FICO and ICICI Bank.