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ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2022: Announcing Startup Leader of the Year & Corporate Sustainability Champions finalists

Together with the all-star advisory team, TechNode Global spent close to two weeks evaluating every nomination and determining the finalists.

CALT and VinFast cooperate to promote global E-mobility

Contemporary Amperex Technology Company (CATL) and VinFast Trading & Manufacturing Joint Stock Company (VinFast) on Monday announced a Memorandum of Understanding for global strategic cooperation to expand collaboration in areas including CIIC (CATL integrated intelligent chassis) skateboard chassis products.

Singapore’s Alta acquires private digital securities exchange Hg Exchange

Singapore-based digital marketplace for alternative investments Alta (previously known as Fundnel) announced Monday the acquisition of the leading private digital securities exchange Hg Exchange (HGX).

Indonesia’s Bukalapak revenue grows by 86 percent year on year in 3Q

Indonesian e-commerce company Bukalapak announced Monday that its revenue grew by 86 percent year on year to IDR 898 billion ($57.58 million) in the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22), underpinned by strong performance of its online-to-offline solution Mitra Bukalapak.

DBS introduces programmable money live pilot for government vouchers

DBS on Monday announced a partnership with Open Government Products (OGP) to launch a live pilot where purpose-bound money-based vouchers (PBM vouchers) are issued using tokenised SGD to facilitate “real-world” live transactions with selected merchants.

Singapore and Hong Kong lead green fintech development, says report

Singapore and Hong Kong lead green fintech development among the five economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), a report said Friday. Both Hong Kong and Singapore are in the stage of scaling up and accelerating to mature levels in terms of green fintech development compared to the past two years.

Poly’s award-winning Studio X Video Bars will be the first Android-based video appliances for Google Meet

Poly reimagines the future of work with its suite of solutions designed to deliver immersive meeting experiences across Google Meet, Google Voice, and Chromebooks.

AirAsia super app average monthly active users up 161 percent to 9.5m in 3Q

Capital A’s digital businesses, airasia super app achieved 9.5 million average Monthly Active Users (MAU) in the third quarter of 2022, up 161 percent compared to the same period last year.

Animoca Brands and TinyTap to auction first education Publisher NFTs

Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, and its subsidiary TinyTap, the platform for user-generated educational games, announced Thursday the launch of Publisher non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Q9 awarded Dubai VARA provisional approval

Q9 Capital, a Hong Kong-based crypto investment platform, announced Thursdasy that it has received a provisional virtual asset (VA) approval from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) as it expands into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and applies for the full operating license in accordance with VARA requirements.