Gobear Vietnam hits almost 1 million visitors after one year of operation

17:53 | 07/12/2017 Vietnamese Brands Follow Ven.vn on

GoBear Vietnam has already reached nearly 1.000.000 visitors after one year of operation in Vietnam (December 07, 2016 - December 07, 2017). GoBear keeps improving and will add an enhanced credit card comparison function in January 2018.

gobear vietnam hits almost 1 millio visitors after one year of operation

GoBear is Asia’s first and only metasearch engine for insurance and banking products. GoBear provides users a comparison platform that is free, easy to use, and unbiased. Since the official launch in Vietnam in early December 2016 with three products - comparison of Credit Cards, Personal Loans, Travel Insurance - as well as educational pages for Unsecured Loans, GoBear Vietnam has landed nearly a million visitors to www.gobear.com/vn to become a trusted provider of comparison services for financial products in Vietnam.

The new version of the website with an upgraded credit cards comparison function, is expected to provide users with an enhanced experience which will makes searching and comparing credit cards on www.gobear.com/vn easier than ever before.

“The fact that GoBear Vietnam has hit nearly 1.000.000 visitors in our very first year of operation shows the genuine interest of Vietnamese toward the comparison of personal finance products, and confirms the vast growth opportunity of GoBear in the market. GoBear is looking forward to receiving even more support from our users and business partners, and to bringing more transparency and fair pricing to the market in our next phases of development. Overall, GoBear has shown strong month on month growth ever since we started with our first office in Singapore right up to our latest office in Vietnam. Right now, we have served 14 million users year to date is growing rapidly with 4 million users last month. In 2016, GoBear were also ranked as the most searched comparison website in the region based on search volume by Think with Google”, says Andre Hesselink, CEO and Co-Founder of GoBear.

GoBear is Asia’s first and only metasearch engine in insurance and financial products. It was founded based on the simple premise that a consumer should find freedom and ease in choosing complex financial products like insurance, credit cards and loans. Headquartered in Singapore since early 2015, GoBear has established presence in 6 countries: Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Manila, Hong Kong & Vietnam and will continue to expand across Asia in 2018.

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