Type Private Company Services Financial Services Headquarters Kuala Lumpur | Industry Finance Founded 2012 | |
Founders Bruno Araujo, Ching Wei Lee Key people Lee Ching Wei (CEO)
Bruno Araujo (COO)
Mitul Lakhani (CFO) Products Credit Cards, Home Loans, Personal Loans, Health Insurance, Car Insurance, Broadband Profiles |
iMoney.my is a financial comparison website that caters primarily to the Malaysian market. It lets consumers find and compare various financial and consumer products like credit cards, mortgages, fixed deposit, broadband, and insurance policies. They also provide content around finances. In September 2015, iMoney.my recorded 2.5 million unique views with a 170% increase of visitors on a year-to-year basis.
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2012
In June 2012, iMoney.my was established with investments from angel investors.
2013
Exactly a year later, iMoney.my received USD 500,000 in seed funding from Asia Venture Group. Later, they received a USD 140,000 (RM500,000) grant from Cradle Fund — an agency under the Malaysian Ministry of Finance, and USD 2 million from a group of venture capital funds including Jungle Ventures and 500 Startups. In November 2013, iMoney.my entered into a regional collaboration with financial literacy provider MoneyTree.
2014
In June 2014, iMoney.my released a home loan calculator mobile app to help consumers apply for home loans directly from the app. In October 2014, iMoney.my announced a USD 4 million investment from ASX listed entity iSelect Ltd.
2015
In September 2015, iMoney's Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer Bruno Araujo stepped up as Chief operations officer. In addition to that, Mitul Lakhani was brought in as CFO and Amanda Woo took on the CMO post. Chris Antonius joined the team as Managing Director for iMoney’s Indonesian property Aturduit
Locations
The company’s headquarters are in Kuala Lumpur, with operations in 5 other countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore.