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Smart Malaysia launches all-new gen EV smart #1

Smart Malaysia, a unit of Chinese automaker Geely, has on Tuesday announced the official pricing for its all-new electric vehicle (EV), the smart #1. Smart Malaysia said in a…

Google Cloud appoints cloud evangelist and veteran leader Serene Sia to lead Singapore business

Google Cloud has on Tuesday announced the appointment of Serene Sia as Country Director of its business in Singapore. Google Cloud said in a statement that Sia will be…

Singapore’s MiyaHealth obtains ISO certification and CE mark for its chronic disease management platform

MiyaHealth, a Singapore-headquartered global software as a service (SaaS) HealthTech, has announced that it has secured ISO 13845:2016 certification and a CE Mark for GensuApp,…

New Zealand Kiwifruit brand Zespri launches $2M annual fund to accelerate sustainable innovation

New Zealand Kiwifruit brand Zespri has launched $2 million annual fund to accelerate sustainable innovation. Zespri said in a statement on Tuesday that the firm is establishing a…

Singapore’s Nium partners South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank to launch global remittance service

Nium, the Singapore-based real-time global payments, and Jeonbuk Bank (JB Bank), a South Korean financial institution, have announced a partnership on global remittance service.……

Astra Financial and WeLab launch digital bank services in Indonesia

PT Bank Jasa Jakarta (BJJ), owned by financial business unit Astra Financial and fintech firm WeLab since 2022, have on Monday launched Bank Saqu, a digital banking service, as a…

XREX Singapore receives MAS major payment institution license in-principle approval

XREX, a Taiwan-based blockchain-enabled financial institution specializing in cross-border payments in emerging markets, announced last Thursday that its Singapore entity has…

Singapore and Indonesia launch cross border QR payments

Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have on last Friday launched the cross-border quick response (QR) payment linkage between Indonesia and…

Malaysia and Singapore launch cross-border real-time payment systems connectivity

Malaysian central bank Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Singapore central bank the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly launched the real-time payment systems linkage…

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Ant International, Grab, StraitsX collaborate to enable cross border payments with Purpose Bound Money for local merchants

Ant International, Grab, and StraitsX (part of Fazz) have on Thursday announced a collaboration to look into the potential for Purpose Bound Money (PBM) to be applied to cross…