Hong Kong-based Hyphen Group, a comparison engine for personal financial services, is in talks to go public via Provident Acquisition at around a $1 billion valuation, Bloomberg reports. Hyphen has raised $110 million from firms including Experian, IFC, Gobi Ventures, Goldman Sachs, ACE & Co. and Route 66 Ventures. Read more.
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