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Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based battery-swapping refueling platform provider, announced Thursday a strategic business to business (B2B) initiative and partnership with Zypp Electric, an India-based electric vechile (EV)-as-a-Service platform. The companies plan to Launch a battery swapping B2B pilot in Delhi in December that will enable last mile delivery…

BigPay, a Malaysia-based FinTech firm, has partnered Singapore-based crypto payment firm TripleA, to launch its crypto top-up feature. BigPay users can seamlessly convert their crypto assets into cash to spend using their BigPay debit cards, without having to go through the typically tedious verification process.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday launched Ubin+, an expanded collaboration with international partners on cross-border foreign exchange (FX) settlement using wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Indonesia fisheries start-up FishLog announced Wednesday that it has successfully closed its pre-Series A round, with participation from BRI Ventures, Accel, Insignia Ventures Partners, Patamar Capital, Indogen Capital, and Triputra Agri Group.

South Korean gaming firm Wemade, has secured KRW 66 billion ($46 million) investments from Shinhan Asset Management, Kiwoom Securities and Microsoft Corporation on Wednesday.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced Tuesday that the first industry pilot under MAS’ Project Guardian that explores potential decentralised finance (DeFi) applications in wholesale funding markets has completed its first live trades.

The airasia super app is officially launched in Asean’s largest populated country - Indonesia on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone for the region’s fastest-growing travel super app as it completes its Asean expansion plan in 2022, focusing on Bali as a key international tourist market.

Google Cloud has on Thursday launched a Climate Finance Accelerator with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and KPMG Singapore to provide climate fintech firms and startups with mentorship and funding opportunities to scale market-ready solutions.

Global sports marketing agency SPORTFIVE and Be Media, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, announced on Thursday a partnership to jointly launch Onside, the first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) digital collectibles for the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022, ASEAN’s premier football tournament that will take place from December 20, 2022 to January 16, 2023.

Indonesia-based, early-stage venture capital firm AC Ventures (ACV) announced Wednesday the launch of its education platform for tech entrepreneurs in emerging markets called ACV Academy. The free-to-access, ongoing, training sequence is designed to take the early-stage tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia to a new level of know-how.