Author: TechNode Global Staff

State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the central bank of Vietnam, has officially joined the regional payment connectivity (RPC) initiative. The RPC initiative was established to strengthen and enhance collaboration on payment connectivity through the development for faster, cheaper, more transparent, and more inclusive cross-border payments.

Singapore-based property portal PropertyGuru Group Limited has on Thursday announced that the group's revenue increased by 12 percent year on year to SGD 37 million ($27.28 million). PropertyGuru said in a statement that the group posted a net loss of SGD 6 million ($4.42 million) in the second quarter, as compared to a net income of SGD 4 million ($2.95…

Global retailer SPARC Group Holdings II LLC has on Thursday announced a strategic partnership with SHEIN, the Singapore-based integrated online marketplace for fashion, beauty and lifestyle products. Under the agreement, SHEIN acquires an approximately one-third interest in SPARC Group, a joint venture that includes Authentic Brands Group and Simon Property…

As part of this partnership, IMDA, Dell and Equinix will provide guidance and recommendations to modernize digital infrastructure deployment sustainably and to optimize the integration and utilization between hardware and software interfaces. This partnership will aim to develop a comprehensive process to measure, capture and audit the quantifiable…

Founded in July 2017, PrimaKu is a community-based parenting ecosystem helping address the challenges of parenting in Indonesia. Through its full-stack digital platform, PrimaKu connects parents, pediatricians, and health facilities to provide comprehensive child healthcare services.

Pi-xcels, a Singapore-based digital receipt solutions provider, has successfully completed its seed funding round, raising $1.7 million. The round was led by Wavemaker Partners, with participation from other prominent venture capital firms such as Hustle Fund, Amand Ventures, and Black Kite Capital, as well as strategic angel investors.

Singapore-based super app Grab Holdings Limited has reported lower losses in the second quarter amid higher revenue. The loss for the the group was $148 million in the quarter, a 74 percent improvement year on year, primarily due to the improvement in group adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and a reduction in…

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Pendle Finance, a DeFi protocol that enables the tokenization and trading of yield. The investment emphasizes Binance Labs’ commitment to supporting promising projects that will shape the next generation of DeFi primitives, and enable Pendle Finance to extend their reach across…

Singapore-based startup Solar AI Technologies, has recently closed its $1.5 million seed round led by Earth Venture Capital. Solar AI Technologies on Wednesday said that the round also saw participation from Undivided Ventures, Investible and climate-tech angel investor David Pardo.

Touchstone Partners, a Vietnam-based early-stage venture capital firm, and Temasek Foundation, a Singapore-based, non-profit philanthropic organization, have on Tuesday co-launched Net Zero Challenge 2023 (N0C 2023), a global climate innovations competition, in partnership with the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies (HIDS). The competition…