Airwallex partners with Agoda to support Hong Kong business travelers
With the surging demand of international business travel, global fintech platform Airwallex is partnering with global digital travel platform Agoda, to make travel planning easier…
Hong Kong’s Aigens secures $14M Series A funding led by Ant Group and others
Aigens, the Hong Kong-based food and beverage (F&B) industry innovator bringing omni-channel ordering solutions to Asia, announced Monday it has raised over $14 million Series…
Vietnam’s VinFast opens first two stores in Europe
Vietnamese automotive firm VinFast has officially opened its first two VinFast Stores in Cologne, Germany and Paris, France. The event marked a starting point for VinFast in its…
Quest Ventures’ Michelle Ng on the role of accelerators in sustainable impact [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
ESG and impact are starting to feature more strongly in investment evaluation and decisions. Investors believe that a strong social-environmental impact will eventually lead to…
Tonik acquires TendoPay to enter employee benefits market
Tonik Financial Pte. Ltd. (Tonik), the parent company of Tonik Digital Bank, Inc. in the Philippines, has entered into a landmark agreement with Tendo Payment Solutions Pte. Ltd.…
India’s Prismforce raises $13.6M Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital India
Prismforce, an India-based vertical software as a service (SaaS) firm announced Tuesday that it has raised Series A funding of $13.6 million led by Sequoia Capital India along…
Securities Commission Malaysia revises venture capital and private equity framework
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has enhanced its guidelines on the registration of venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) corporations and management corporations…
87 percent of Malaysia consumers want a better online experience from banking services providers, a survey shows
Confidence in digital banking is rising in Malaysia but consumers want a better online experience and more personalized offerings, according to the new Asia-Pacific focused Bank…
Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia launches digital bank
Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia (ARBM) has taken a big step forward for financial services in Malaysia with the launch of Rize, a first-of-its-kind digital bank. Rize is built with…
2C2P and Pine Labs to expand BNPL acceptance in Southeast Asia
Singapore-based payments platform 2C2P and merchant commerce omnichannel platform Pine Labs have partnered to expand Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) across Asia in six key markets,…
Fitch Solutions sees passenger EV sales in Malaysia to expand rapidly in 2023
Fitch Solutions, a Fitch Group unit, said Thursday that it expects passenger electric vehicle (EV) sales in Malaysia to expand rapidly in 2023, albeit from a low base due to the…
SK D&D seals deal with Glennmont to invest in solar PV projects in South Korea
South Korea-based renewable energy SK D&D has signed shareholders agreement with Glennmont Partners from Nuveen (Glennmont), one of the world’s largest fund managers investing…
