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Cube, a Thailand-based market data platform, announced Tuesday that it has raised a $3.7 million Series A led by Betatron Venture Partners, with continued participation from M Venture Partners and strategic angels.

Khazanah Nasional Berhad, in collaboration with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), has successfully priced Malaysia’s first tokenized sukuk with a nominal value of MYR 100 million (25.31 million), marking an important step in the application of digital technologies to support the future development of Malaysia’s domestic capital market.

Indonesian tech giant GoTo Group, known for Gojek and Tokopedia, reported a net profit of Rp171 billion for the first quarter of 2026, alongside a 63% year-on-year increase in gross transaction value (GTV) to Rp236 trillion, marking a turnaround($12.7 million) from a net loss of Rp367 billion a year earlier.

LinkedIn,the professional networking and career development platform, has released its sixth annual Top Companies list for Singapore, identifying 15 organizations that offer strong opportunities for career development in 2026.

China’s online and mobile payment platform Alipay has launched a new AI payment processing product aimed at enabling businesses in mainland China, including small firms and one-person companies, to accept payments from autonomous AI agents.

Singapore-based Ant International has introduced a new Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP) to support the growing agentic commerce by enabling secure, AI-driven payment connections across mobile services.

GXS Bank on Monday unveiled its GXS Biz Property-backed Loan, developed in partnership with Funding Societies, offering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore access to up to S$2 million ($1.57 million) in financing secured against residential or commercial property.

Cradle announced Tuesday the launch of Cradle Elevate, a new MYR10 million ($2.53 million) funding program and the Cradle Startup Accelerator Program 2026.

SUNRATE, the global payment and treasury management platform based in Singapore, announced Tuesday that it has been granted a license by the Malaysian Central Bank, marking a key milestone in the company’s continued expansion.

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) said Monday it will continue strengthening its artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G push through ecosystem collaboration and a joint innovation-to-commercialization pipeline built around real-world challenge statements, sandbox environments, cloud resources, access to devices and internet of things (IoT) tools,…