Asia

Aspire, the Singapore-headquartered fintech, announced Tuesday a series of regulatory milestones marking a major step in its global expansion.

January Capital, a Singapore-based multi-strategy investment firm, has announced the oversubscribed, final close of its Growth Credit Fund, securing total commitments of over $130 million.

Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based digital assets firm, announced Tuesday that it has entered into a term sheet with GROW Investment Group (GROW), a China-based investment and asset management platform backed by Julius Baer.

Shizen Energy Inc. announced Monday that the project company SM 01 Sdn. Bhd. has achieved financial close for the 29.99 megawatt (MW) solar power project under Malaysia’s Corporate Green Power Program (CGPP) and signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google.

Ant International, HSBC and Swift have on Wednesday completed a successful Proof of Concept (POC) for the cross-border transfer of tokenized deposits using ISO 20022 standards.

Vietnam-based information technology (IT) services provider FPT, through its subsidiary in Japan, and the Japanese tech firm SCSK Corporation (SCSK) have announced the establishment of a joint venture named COBOL PARK Co., Ltd. (COBOL PARK), to address legacy system challenges.

NayaPay, a Pakistan-based fintech platform, has launched global QR payments in collaboration with Alipay+, Ant International’s global wallet gateway.

Vingroup has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Telangana for a proposed investment of $3 billion, to be implemented in a phased manner for developing a multi-sector ecosystem in the state.

Vietnam-based information technology (IT) corporation FPT is acquiring up to a 10 percent stake in Blueward, formerly ISTN and South Korea’s independent SAP consulting and IT services firm, to reinforce SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) capabilities and accelerate digital transformation in the region.

Audax Financial Technology, a Singapore-based digital banking technology solutions provider supported by Standard Chartered, has partnered with 10x Banking, the cloud-native core banking platform, to to accelerate digital banking modernization across Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe, and the Middle East.