What’s Next For HelloGold?

Robin Lee, CEO and Co-Founder, HelloGold

03-Feb-23 12:00

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Last week, Malaysian-based fintech HelloGold announced that they would be closing down its consumer businesses in Malaysia and Thailand, its core business.

In an email to depositors last week, HelloGold said that the “business in its current form is no longer commercially viable in the current market conditions,”

Today on BizBytes we speak to Robin Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of HelloGold on how it got to this, what comes next for HelloGold, and what startups and founders can learn from this.

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