SINGAPORE -- With the stock market slowdown making it harder for Southeast Asia's growth-hungry tech startups to raise funds, they and their venture capital firm backers are turning to a traditional, if often overlooked, source of cash: bank loans.
HSBC eyes Indonesia as part of lender's Southeast Asian 'growth engine'

Amanda Murphy, HSBC's head of commercial banking for South and Southeast Asia, is looking to set up a lending fund in Indonesia. (Source photos by HSBC and Reuters)
SINGAPORE -- With the stock market slowdown making it harder for Southeast Asia's growth-hungry tech startups to raise funds, they and their venture capital firm backers are turning to a traditional, if often overlooked, source of cash: bank loans.