TechNode Global Staff

Global banking group HSBC announced Wednesday the launch of Innovation Banking in Singapore, a dedicated proposition to further deepen its support to the innovation and venture ecosystem in Singapore and across the region.

Carro, Asia Pacific’s largest online automotive platform, has posted a strong FY2025, achieving record revenues of S$1.2 billion ($920 million) and a gross profit of S$149 million ($111 million).

IndustrialMind.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) company founded by former Tesla manufacturing AI team, announced Thursday a $1.2 million pre-seed round.

Weixin Pay has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with National ITMX (NITMX), the operator of Thailand's national real-time payment system, PromptPay.

TikTok, the subsidiary of the China-based tech firm ByteDance, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Center of Digital Transformation under Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to boost the country's digital ecosystem.

Microsoft, Enterprise Singapore and NUS Enterprise – the entrepreneurial heart of the National University of Singapore (NUS), have teamed up to offer up to 150 qualified artificial intelligence (AI) startups with more streamlined access to funding through the Startup SG Tech grant over the next three years.

PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo), the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, announced Wednesday it has generated an adjusted pre-tax profit for the first time and has raised its guidance for the full year.

Global Affairs Canada is deepening its commitment to regional cybersecurity capacity-building by expanding its investment in advancing cybersecurity capacity building through the Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and BlackBerry Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CCoE) in Cyberjaya of Malaysia.

Singapore-based Airwallex has announced the global launch of its refreshed ‘Airwallex for Startups’ program, a comprehensive initiative designed to help founders turn finance into a growth engine for their businesses.

HYDGEN, a Singapore and India-based green hydrogen innovator with proprietary anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer technology, has closed a $5 million Pre-A funding round, including equity and debt.