Singapore’s Nium raises $50M in Series E round to expand real-time payments global infrastructure

Nium, the Singapore-based real-time cross-border payments, has on Wednesday announced it has raised $50 million in a Series E funding round. The round was led by a sovereign…

Alipay+ partners Khan Bank to enable digital payment of 12 International e-wallets in Mongolia

Alipay+, a suite of cross-border mobile payment and digitalization technology solutions operated by Ant International, has partnered with Mongolian full service bank Khan Bank to…

UEM Lestra, Blueleaf, ITRAMAS ink deal to develop 500MW hybrid solar power plant

UEM Group Berhad (UEM Group) through its wholly-owned subsidiary and green industry arm, UEM Lestra Berhad (UEM Lestra), has on Wednesday signed an agreement to develop a…

Remote, Nium Join forces to power global workforces with real-time cross-border payments

Remote, the global human resource (HR) platform for distributed companies, has selected Nium, the Singapore-based real-time cross-border payments platform, to enhance its…

Hong Kong’s Hex Trust secures additional VASP license from Dubai

The Hex Trust Group, a Hong Kong-based provider of digital asset solutions for institutional finance, protocols, foundations, and the Web3 ecosystem, has secured an additional…

Autodesk : Singapore’s construction industry set to accelerate digital transformation with AI viewed as an essential growth driver

Singapore construction companies are planning to expand their use of digital technologies and are investing more than 20 percent of their expenditure into these digitalization…

Tech Data acquires IT security marketplace in ANZ Orca Tech

Tech Data, a TD SYNNEX Company, has on Monday announced its acquisition of Orca Technology Pty Ltd (Orca Tech), an independent value-added distributor focused on the information…

Singapore’s iPiD closes oversubscribed $5.3M Pre-Series A round

International Payment Identity (iPiD), a Singapore-based fintech firm, announced Wednesday it has secured $5.3 million in a Pre-Series A funding round. This oversubscribed round…

This Malaysian FinTech startup has been getting funding from Japanese investors. What’s the plan ahead?

In the interview, Soft Space Chief Strategy Officer Chris Leong also shared the company’s challenges, its path to profitability, competitive advantage, the trends he sees in the…

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Reinforcement, productivity, efficiency and collaboration: The potential of technology’s contribution towards biodiversity conservation

When harnessed ethically and inclusively, technology can be a catalyst for conserving the rich global biodiversity that we have been entrusted to safeguard. Working with a partner…

Malaysia targets development of hydrogen energy-based ecosystem by 2030, says science minister

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Chang Lih Kang said the development will focus on the manufacturing process and energy production on a large scale, while also being…

Gogoro partners Terpel to launch two-wheel battery swapping and Smartscooters in Colombia

Taiwanese battery swapping platform Gogoro has partnered Colombian fuel and lubes company Terpel to launch Gogoro’s battery swapping in Bogota Colombia through the Terpel Voltex…

HubSpot Study: startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia and India show signs of maturity

Despite current global economic headwinds and private funding in the region declining to its lowest levels in six years, the startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia and India remains…

Senang.io partners GoodTech to offer loan protection insurance product in the Philippines

Senangdali, a subsidiary of Malaysian Insure-Tech Senang.io, has partnered with Philippine fintech firm GoodTech, to offer loan protection insurance product specifically designed…