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Pine Labs partners with Visa to provide instalment solutions to merchants across key markets in Southeast Asia

Pine Labs, an India-based fintech platform, has announced a partnership with global payment firm Visa to introduce Visa Instalment Solutions (VIS) on Pine Labs’ multi-issuer payment solution across key markets in Southeast Asia.

Filipino startup Shoppable raises $1.16M in seed round led-by Ignite House of Innovation

Shoppable Business, a Filipino supply chain technology company, has raised a seed round of $1.16 million to fuel its growth and enhance its end-to-end supply chain platform in the Philippines.

Uber ends acquisition of Delivery Hero’s Taiwan foodpanda business amid regulatory hurdles

Delivery Hero SE, the Germany-based global local delivery platform, has confirmed that the American multinational transportation company Uber Technologies, Inc. has decided to terminate the agreement to acquire Delivery Hero’s foodpanda business in Taiwan.

VinFast, BNI sign strategic partnership to accelerate green transition, sustainable growth

Vietnamese electric vehicles (EVs) maker VinFast and Indonesian state-owned bank PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BNI) have signed a strategic partnership to accelerate green transition, sustainable growth.

UnionPay integrates with PromptPay to enable QR code payments between China and Thailand

China-based payment firm UnionPay International (UPI) has partnered with Thailand-based payment firm National ITMX Co., Ltd (NITMX) to jointly promote the integration of UnionPay payment information with PromptPay.

PDD’s Temu, DigitBridge ink integration partnership for SMBs sales channel expansion

Temu, the global online marketplace of China’s PDD Holdings, has inked an integration partnership with DigitBridge, a US-based digital commerce operations system, for small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) sales channel expansion.

Salesforce to invest $1B in Singapore over five years for digital transformation

Salesforce, the American cloud-based software company, has on Wednesday announced plans to invest $1 billion in Singapore over the next five years, to accelerate the nation’s digital transformation and Agentforce adoption.

Finnomena ties up with Google Cloud to provide agentic AI solutions to enhance services for investors

Thai fintech firm Finnomena and Google Cloud have announced the deployment of a new, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered capital markets information management solution that is enabling Finnomena to expand its range of investment offerings and better serve its fast-growing user base.

Solarvest partners A1Health to accelerate renewable energy adoption in Malaysia’s healthcare industry

Malaysia-based clean energy firm Solarvest Holdings Berhad has announced a strategic partnership with healthcare provider provider Asia OneHealthcare group (A1Health), to accelerate renewable energy adoption in Malaysia’s healthcare sector.

Sunway Group, CelcomDigi team up to explore 5G-AI solutions in Sunway Pyramid Mall

Malaysia-based conglomerate Sunway Group and telecommunication firm CelcomDigi Berhad have joined forces to provide 5G in-building connectivity in select hotspots within Sunway Pyramid mall under a Proof of Concept (POC) initiative.