Atome
Eric Lai has a diverse work experience, with their most recent role as Head of Business Development at Atome, a position they started in August 2022. Prior to this, they held the same role at SHOPLINE from October 2019 to August 2022. Before that, they served as Head of Business Development at honestbee from March 2019 to October 2019 and at Revenue Monster Sdn. Bhd. from October 2018 to March 2019. Eric also worked as the Head of Business Development and Partnership Strategist at Offpeak from February 2015 to October 2018. Eric has experience in brand store marketing and online sensing at Samsung Malaysia Electronics, where they held various roles from July 2011 to February 2015. Eric also worked as an Industrial Trainee at Hexamatics in 2010 and as an Accounting Assistant at PYMS Solutions Sdn Bhd in March and April 2010.
Eric Lai completed their Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree with a major in Electronics, focusing on Telecommunication, at Multimedia University from 2006 to 2011. Prior to that, they attended SMJK Sam Tet from 2000 to 2005, but no specific degree or field of study was provided for this period.
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Atome
Atome is part of Advance Intelligence Group, one of the largest independent financial services-focussed technology startups in Asia. Backed by investors such as Softbank Vision Fund 2, Warburg Pincus, Northstar Group, Standard Chartered Bank and Singapore-based EDBI, the Group has raised over USD 700 million in funding to-date and has secured capital in excess of USD 1 billion supporting its credit book. Today, the Group serves over 500 enterprise clients, 235,000 merchants and 40 million individual consumers. Since inception, it has disbursed over USD 4 billion in loans. Atome is Southeast Asia's leading "buy now, pay later" brand which offers consumers greater financial access and flexibility, allowing them to split their bills into flexible deferred payments over time. Short for "Available to Me", A-To-Me partners over 15,000 online and offline retailers across key verticals such as fashion, beauty, lifestyle, fitness and homeware in offering their consumers choice, flexibility and convenience in how they choose to shop and pay. Our three core brand pillars are "aspirations, access and advice", and our goal is to empower a new generation of tech-savvy consumers with smarter access to their aspirations. Our tagline, “Time to Own It”, plays on the core concept of time; in how Atome helps people to pay and afford products and services over time, but at a deeper level, it’s also an immediate call to action for consumers to own their deepest passions and aspirations. Under the umbrella of Atome Financial, Atome also offers a range of financial services, including Cards and micro-lending with a goal of providing affordable access to credit to majority of unbanked and underbanked population across ASEAN.