“Can a Singapore e-commerce furniture brand evolve into a multi-sided home & living marketplace (Communa) while running a fully embedded modern finance stack?”
HipVan was founded in 2013 as a Singapore-based online furniture retailer focused on affordable, design-led home furnishings. The company has scaled to 230,000+ customers and operates an Atelier Showroom at Clarke Quay. It recently expanded beyond pure retail by launching Communa, a content-first marketplace connecting shoppers, creators, and third-party brands — moving the business toward a multi-sided commerce model.
HipVan discloses Airwallex as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
HipVan does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Airwallex.
HipVan processes payments through 2C2P, Grab PayLater, Atome and UOB (credit card instalments).
HipVan's cards are issued through Aspire.
HipVan uses Airwallex for FX and cross-border payouts.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 6 layers in HipVan's stack: Payments / PSP (2C2P, Grab PayLater, Atome and UOB (credit card instalments)); Banking / BaaS (Airwallex); Card issuing (Aspire); Lending (Grab PayLater (4 payments), Atome (3 payments), UOB 12-month 0% instalments and Amex 12-month 0% instalments); FX & payouts (Airwallex); Spend / AP (Aspire and Airwallex).
HipVan was founded by Danny Tan, Shobhit Datta and Deborah Wee and is founded in 2013, headquartered in Singapore.
HipVan has raised $4.7M in total.
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