TechNode Global Staff

The Hex Trust Group, a Hong Kong-based provider of digital asset solutions, has partnered Monad Labs, a global developer-forward smart contract platform, to offer custody support for the Monad Blockchain.

Australian blockchain financial company DigitalX Limited said Tuesday that it will launch spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

Temasek-backed global investment firm 65 Equity Partners has made an investment of SGD 100 million ($74.06 million) in Singapore-headquartered regional advanced manufacturing service provider Hi-P International Pte. Ltd. (Hi-P).

Xero, a New Zealand-based small business platform, has announced the return of the Xero Beautiful Business Fund for 2024 — an initiative offering more than SGD 630,000 ($466,720) in funding to support small businesses and non profits with their growth plans and help drive future success.

Clime Capital, the Singapore-based fund manager focused on accelerating the low carbon transition, has invested $10 million in Nami Distributed Energy (Nami), the Vietnam-based clean energy company driving innovative distributed energy solutions for commercial and industrial clients.

Global payment firm Visa and banker HSBC have on Tuesday announced the technological collaboration in support of HSBC Group’s new international payments app, Zing.

Global logistics firm DHL Express has signed an agreement with Malaysian lender CIMB Group Holdings Berhad to welcome the banking group onboard its GoGreen Plus program. The partnership enables CIMB to leverage the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to mitigate the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)emissions associated with its international shipments.

Vietnam’s electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast has officially entered Indonesia earlier this year, setting up a new dealership in the Jakarta suburb of Depok and announcing it will soon invest $1.2 billion to build a local assembly plant with a capacity of 50,000 cars per year.

Validus, a Singapore-based one-stop small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) financing platform, has on Monday announced the appointment of Chong Khai Siang as group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Validus.

FREENOW, an European taxi app, has integrated Alipay+ cross-border mobile payment solutions with its taxi cab services in seven European countries: Spain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, France, Greece and Austria.