TechNode Global Staff

UAE’s Fasset secures provisional banking license for stablecoin-powered Islamic bank in Malaysia

Fasset, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) financial superapp, has secured approval from Malaysia to provide banking services.

HitPay partners Ingenico to launch payment solution to drive digital adoption for Filipino SMEs

The Singapore-based payments infrastructure platform HitPay has partnered with France-based electronic payment solutions firm Ingenico to launch "all-in-one" system to boost Philippine small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) digital payments adoption.

AMD and OpenAI team up to deploy 6 Gigawatts of AMD GPUs

American technology firms Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and OpenAI have on Monday announced a 6 gigawatt agreement to power OpenAI’s next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure across multiple generations of AMD Instinct graphics processing units (GPUs).

Swedfund invests $15M in Excelsior Capital Vietnam Fund II to boost SME growth

Sweden’s development finance institution Swedfund said Monday it is investing $15 million in Excelsior Capital Vietnam Fund II to boost Vietnamese private sector development and growth, and thereby job creation.

Salesforce appoints new country leaders in Indonesia and Thailand to accelerate Agentforce growth

Salesforce, the global firm in artificial intelligence (AI) customer relationship management (CRM), is strengthening its regional leadership in ASEAN with the appointment of new country leaders for Thailand and Indonesia.

Singapore’s Valtor Solutions raises $700,000 in Pre-Seed funding led by Wavemaker Impact

Valtor Solutions, Inc., a Southeast Asia-focused construction sourcing and procurement firm, announced Tuesday it has raised $700,000 in Pre-Seed funding led by leading climate-tech venture build VC Fund Wavemaker Impact.

MoneyHero appoints new CFO to drive next phase of profitable growth

MoneyHero Limited, a personal finance aggregation and comparison platform and a digital insurance brokerage provider in Greater Southeast Asia, announced Monday the company’s board of directors promoted Danny Leung to Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective October 1, 2025.

Dtcpay partners with WalletConnect to advance onchain payments and stablecoin adoption

Dtcpay, a Singapore-based licensed major payment institution (MPI), announced last Wednesday a strategic partnership with WalletConnect, the connectivity layer for the financial internet, to advance onchain payments and stablecoin adoption.

Singapore data center firm FLOW appoints new Chief Technology Officer

FLOW Digital Infrastructure (FLOW), a Singapore-based data center developer and operator in Asia Pacific, has appointed Ken Marron as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately.

Singapore’s digital economy grows to $98.98B in 2024

Singapore’s digital economy grew by S$12 billion ($9.27 billion), expanding to a total of S$128.1 billion ($98.98 billion) in 2024, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said Monday.