OCBC to add WeChat Pay for QR payments in China
Singapore bank OCBC will become the first Singapore bank to enable customers to scan-and-pay all merchant QRs in China through its Singapore mobile banking app.
Binance appoints Co-Founder Yi He as Co-CEO as the company nears 300M users
Binance, the global blockchain ecosystem behind the world's largest digital asset exchange by trading volume and users, announced Wednesday that its Co-founder Yi He, has been…
Alibaba Cloud enables Ryt Bank’s smart digital banking and PRO-NET’s national EV platform through strategic collaborations
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, announced Wednesday two significant collaborations supporting Malaysia’s national digital…
China and Vietnam launch cross-border QR payment program
UnionPay International (UPI) and the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) have officially launched a pilot program for cross-border QR payments connecting China and…
UltraGreen.ai receives strong demand for $400M SGX IPO
UltraGreen.ai Limited, a Singapore-based fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) space firm, has received strong investor demand for its $400 million initial public offering (IPO) in…
PIDG invests $2.5M in Laos’s ride-hailing service company LOCA
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is investing $2.5 million in LOCA, Laos’ largest ride-hailing service provider.
MoneyHero partners HashKey to expand Hong Kong digital asset wealth product offerings
MoneyHero Limited, a tech- and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personal finance aggregation and comparison platform and a digital insurance brokerage provider in Greater…
Singapore’s SynaXG raises over $20M funding to accelerate global AI-RAN
SynaXG Technologies, a deep-tech startup founded in Singapore, has recently successfully closed its first funding round of over $20 million.
Huawei secures $84.66M financing from AmBank to boost 5G network in Malaysia
Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has secured MYR 350 million ($84.66 million) supply chain financing facilities from AmBank Group to boost 5G network in Malaysia.
Thunes Asia receives IPA to expand scope of MPI license from MAS
Singapore-based payment firm Thunes announced Thursday that it has received in-principle approval (IPA) for a variation of its major payment institution license (MPI) from the…
