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Lazada renews partnerships with POP MART to accelerate collectible delivery in Southeast Asia

Alibaba Group's e-commerce arm Lazada has partnered with POP MART again to expedite collector’s journey, delivering a more seamless and enjoyable experience with faster access to sought-after IP collectibles.

Vietnam’s electric taxi service Green SM debuts in Surabaya

Green SM, the Vietnam-based all-electric taxi service, has debuted in Surabaya of Indonesia.

HashKey Exchange inks MOU with HATA to deepen expansion in Southeast Asia

HashKey Exchange, Hong Kong’s largest licensed virtual asset exchange, announced Tuesday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with HATA, Malaysia’s licensed digital asset exchange to deepen its expansion in Southeast Asia.

HKUST and Gobi Partners launch Gobi-Redbird Innovation Fund to accelerate commercialization of cutting-edge research

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong Investment Corporation Limited (HKIC), and Gobi Partners announced Monday the launch of a new strategic fund focused on early-stage start-ups incubated at the University.

SC and TERAJU to boost capital market access for Bumiputera MSME and MTC

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and TERAJU Bumiputera Corporation (TERAJU) have jointly agreed to facilitate better access to capital market financing for Bumiputera micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and mid-tier companies (MTC).

Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise, an agentic AI platform for workplace automation

Framed as the evolution of Google’s prior orchestration efforts, Gemini Enterprise is designed to be used by every employee through an intuitive chat interface.

Hong Kong’s Reap secures MPI license from MAS

Reap Group, a Hong Kong-based fintech company powering digital and blockchain-enabled business account management and embedded solutions for businesses, announced Monday its Singapore entity has been granted a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

East Ventures, Temasek Foundation unleash $603,537 for climate tech innovations in Indonesia

Climate Impact Innovations Challenge, a competition launched by East Ventures and Temasek Foundation, has awarded Aslan Renewables, Arukah Capital, and SXD AI a total of Rp 10 billion ($603,537) in catalytic funding to pilot their solutions in Indonesia.

Singapore’s DigiFT, Bybit, UBS uMINT team up to expand collateral solution for institutions

Singapore's on-chain platform DigiFT announced Monday a strategic collaboration with Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, to support UBS's USD Money Market Investment Fund Token (UBS uMINT), a token corresponding to the first tokenized investment fund launched by UBS Asset Management.

Malaysia eyes becoming inclusive, sustainable AI nation by 2030

Malaysia who aspires to become an inclusive and sustainable artificial intelligence (AI) nation by 2030, will continue to strengthen the domestic innovation ecosystem, expand data and digital infrastructure, enhance education and training systems, advance AI-ready civil service and GovTech platforms, tap the National AI Office (NAIO) to steer the national…