IFC joins Boost’s cap table with US$20M bet on digital lending

e27 - Sep 28, 2026

Boost has secured a US$20 million equity investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), bringing the World Bank Group’s private-sector investment arm onto its cap table as the Malaysian fintech looks to deepen its digital lending and financial services business. The deal gives Boost a development finance institution as a strategic shareholder at a time […] The post IFC joins Boost’s cap table with US$20M bet on digital lending appeared first on e27.

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