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Singtel, a Singapore-based communications technology group, and Hitachi Digital, a Japan-based end-to-end digital transformation services and technology firm, have announced a new collaboration that will pair Hitachi’s deep artificial intelligence (AI) expertise with Singtel’s Paragon platform, the all-in-one orchestration platform for 5G, edge computing…

Global technology provider Westcon-Comstor has on Tuesday announced an expansion of its long-standing relationship with Finnish multinational telecommunications firm Nokia to distribute Nokia’s drone-in-a-box solution in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and more.

The central banks of India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines are working together to start an instant cross-border retail payments platform.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the IFRS Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing on their strategic partnership to strengthen sustainable capital markets by improving sustainability and climate reporting in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs).

The panelists shared their views on the most promising sectors in Southeast Asia, the future development of the tech ecosystem, among others. These investors also shared their views on several issues related to the tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia from a foreign investor's and a regional investor's point of view.

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business arm of global technology company, Tencent, has on Thursday sealed a partnership with Nokia, a global provider of network infrastructure solutions, to support enterprises in Singapore and Asia Pacific as they level up their cloud and network infrastructure for the next phase of digital transformation.

Indian workflow automation platform Rocketlane has on Tuesday announced $24 million Series B funding round as it expands the opportunity for professional services teams with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.

Denmark-based investor Novo Holdings announced Tuesday that it has led an investment in AgNext Technologies Private Limited, an India-based agricultural and food technology company enhancing trust along the food chains by innovating artificial intelligence-based food quality assessment technologies.

FundPark, a Hong Kong-based fintech company, has closed an asset-backed securitization (ABS) facility of up to $250 million, of which HSBC will provide up to $200 million as the senior lender.

Mocaverse, the marquee consumer network seeded by Animoca Brands, announced Friday a strategic partnership with OneFootball, a global football platform with more than 200 million fans, to leverage Mocaverse’s Realm Network interoperable SDK to launch Football ID, the universal football decentralized identifier (DID) and reputation layer to onboard football…