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Panama-based Efy Finance, a cross-border payments company serving Latin America, has raised $5 million in a seed round led by Tether, with participation from Astor Management AG, and angel investors.

Skyro, a digital consumer finance group, has begun offering cash loans in Malaysia, its second Southeast Asian market.

LINE Thailand said monthly active users of LINE OpenChat, its interest-based community feature, rose to 24 million from 20 million after the company moved the feature to the third tab of the LINE app.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Semarak AI Malaysia, a national program to give government officers, students, software companies, and communities AI tools and skills to build their own solutions.

U Mobile says its ULTRA5G footprint now reaches about 2.3 million people in Sabah, backed by more than 500 CTS Horizon fiber circuits.

Singapore precision engineering company Metasurface completed its SGX Catalist debut after raising S$9.72 million in a fully subscribed placement.

Google on Wednesday unveiled its plan for responsible digital infrastructure development in Malaysia, including an investment of $15 billion over the next two years (2027 to 2028).

Recorded climate tech funding in Vietnam fell 52 percent in 2025 to $49.86 million across 33 transactions, from $104.20 million across 60 transactions in 2024, according to the "Vietnam Climate Tech Ecosystem Report 2026."

Singtel and cybersecurity training provider, DART,  have on Wednesday launched the Advanced Persistent Threat Detection and Response Program, to strengthen cyber resilience across enterprises, including Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) Owners.

Malaysia-based Solarvest Holdings Bhd has appointed Joseph Wong Aik Peoy as Chief Executive Officer of engineering and operations, and James Lee Chung Min as chief Energy Transition Officer, as the group expands beyond renewable energy generation into energy storage, grid modernization and intelligent energy solutions.