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Gb Helios

“Can a Singapore-based NBFI backed by a 40-year automotive conglomerate become the leading embedded and alternative lending platform for SMEs through cloud-native infrastructure?”

Founded2015
HQSingapore
IndustryFintech / Lending
The story

Founded in 2015 as Goldbell Financial Services within the Goldbell Group — a conglomerate with over 40 years of automotive industry history — the company rebranded to GB Helios to signal its broader SME financial services ambitions. By migrating to Mambu's cloud-native core banking platform, GB Helios modernised its lending stack to support a product suite spanning traditional term loans, supply chain/embedded financing, revenue-based financing, factoring, business property loans, and venture debt. The Mambu migration enabled a 30% customer base growth and accelerated time-to-market, positioning the company as a technology-forward non-bank financial institution (NBFI) in Singapore.

Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2015
Established as Goldbell Financial Services, a subsidiary of Goldbell Group, to address SME financing needs in Singapore.· lending
2023
Rebranded from Goldbell Financial Services to GB Helios and migrated core banking/lending infrastructure to Mambu's cloud-native platform, cutting time-to-market significantly.· pivot
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Gb Helios’s embedded-finance stack
Lending
MambuSME Working Capital LoanTerm LoansEmbedded Financing (Supply Chain Financing)Revenue-Based FinancingMerchant Cash AdvanceFactoringBusiness Property LoansVenture Debt
Accounting gap: none

Gb Helios — frequently asked

Who provides Gb Helios's lending?

Gb Helios's lending and capital products are provided by Mambu.

Where is Gb Helios headquartered?

Gb Helios is founded in 2015 and headquartered in Singapore.

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