Singapore-based blockchain exchange Net Zero-X launches to tackle financing gap for climate projects

Net Zero-X, a Singapore-based blockchain exchange for impact investors, launches on Tuesday to tackle the significant financing gap impeding the global transition to a net zero…

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Leveraging technology for better engagement: Strategies for implementing employee benefits

Managing benefits administration can be a challenge for any business, but technology-driven employee benefits solutions can make this process easier. By leveraging innovative…

Prenetics partners with David Beckham for new health brand

Prenetics, a United States-listed health sciences company, has announced that former international footballer, entrepreneur and philanthropist David Beckham has become a strategic…

China’s HongShan sets up $2.5B startup fund – report

The report also said it is the largest fundraising by a privately-owned VC firm in China in the past year, marking the ongoing influence commanded by its founder Neil Shen, often…

Report: 84% of Singapore travel companies see fragile margins due to inefficient payment systems

66 percent of travel companies are seeing their profit margins impacted by outdated or complicated payment systems, with nine in ten expected to prioritize modernizing their…

Report: generative AI is set to be adopted by 85% of the software workforce over the next two years

Generative artificial intelligence AI (Gen AI) is expected to play a key role in augmenting the software workforce, assisting in more than 25 percent of software design,…

Report: Southeast Asia’s retailers bet big on social commerce despite economic climate

Southeast Asian retailers are placing big bets on social media as 68 percent plan to increase investment in social commerce over the next 12 months, Shopify Inc said Thursday.

Securities Commission Malaysia’s FIKRA ACE seeks FinTech startups to enhance Islamic capital market

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is seeking FinTech startups to enhance Islamic capital market via the second cohort of its FIKRA ACE accelerator program, part of the FIKRA…

Malaysia’s Sime Darby Property and TNB’s GSPARX join forces to undertake rooftop solar projects

Malaysian property developer Sime Darby Property and utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)’s solar solution provider subsidiary GSPARX have joined forces to undertake rooftop…

Filipino startup Packworks bags $60k government funding to develop AI-powered marketing tool for ‘sari-sari’ stores

Filipino startup Packworks has secured PHP3.5 million ($60,000) from Philippine government to launch $85,000 artificial intelligence (AI)-powered precision marketing tool for…

Singapore’s Keppel DC REIT acquires a data center in Japan for $149M

Singapore-listed data center real estate investment trust Keppel DC REIT Management Pte. Ltd has entered Japan with acquisition of a hyperscaler data center in Tokyo for S$201…

Malaysia’s Solarvest appoints new chief investment officer to drive investment strategies

Malaysia-based clean energy firm Solarvest Holdings Berhad has on Wednesday announced the appointment of Daniel Ruppert as its Chief Investment Officer, effective July 1, 2024.

Sumsub partners Nexus Technology, PT Secure Pasifik Technologi, Spectrum Edge to strengthen security, verification in Southeast Asia

Sumsub, a global full-cycle verification provider, has partnered Nexus Technology, PT Secure Pasifik Technologi, Spectrum Edge to strengthen security, verification in Southeast…

Malaysia’s CelcomDigi launches AI Experience Center

Malaysia-based telecommunication firm CelcomDigi Berhad has on Tuesday launched its CelcomDigi AI Experience Center (AiX) - a one-stop immersive innovation and collaboration hub…