Asia

NTT DATA partners Finastra to expand lending cloud service for banking experience in APAC

NTT DATA, a Japan-based information technology (IT) infrastructure and services company, has partnered with global financial services software firm Finastra to expand lending cloud service for banking experience in Asia Pacific (APAC).

Animoca Brands and affiliates make strategic investment in Cool Cats

Animoca Brands and its affiliates announced last Friday the completion of its strategic investment in Cool Cats Group, owner of the iconic Cool Cats NFT brand.

Animoca Brands jointly establishes Anchorpoint with strategic partners to apply for a stablecoin issuer license in Hong Kong

Animoca Brands announced last Friday that it has established a joint venture, Anchorpoint Financial Limited in Hong Kong, together with Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (SCBHK) and HKT, with the aim to build a business model focused on the issuance and advancement of licensed stablecoins.

Animoca Brands and ProvLabs to co-develop NUVA to accelerate access to tokenized real-world assets

Animoca Brands and Provenance Blockchain Labs (ProvLabs), announced Thursday they have formed a strategic partnership to co-develop NUVA, a vault marketplace that connects real-world asset (RWA) issuers with investors.

NTT DATA, Microsoft team up to accelerate AI-driven cloud transformation in APAC

NTT DATA, a Japan-based digital business and technology services firm, announced Friday the firm and Microsoft have combined forces to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI)-driven cloud transformation in Asia Pacific (APAC).

TransferMate receives In-Principle Approval from MAS to expand payment services in Singapore

TransferMate, a global embedded business to business (B2B) payments infrastructure as a service (IaaS) firm, announced Tuesday that its TransferMate Pte. Ltd. has received in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to add account issuance, domestic money transfers and e-money issuance to its Major Payment Institution (MPI) license.

Gentari and AWS ink 80MW wind energy deal in India to accelerate net zero goals

Malaysian clean energy solutions provider Gentari and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for an 80MW wind power project in Tamil Nadu, India.

VinFast launches EV assembly plant in India

Vietnam-based automaker VinFast has on Monday officially inaugurated its electric vehicle (EV) assembly plant at the SIPCOT Industrial Park in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India.

AIFT and Richmond join forces to drive innovation in digital insurance

IXT, a core insurtech solution provider under AIFT, the Hong Kong-based technology firm, has announced a partnership with Richmond Insurance Brokers to launch the first digital platform for commercial insurance in Taiwan.

Moody’s expects data center power demand in APAC to grow at 15 percent to 20 percent

Moody's Ratings expects data center power demand in Asia-Pacific (APAC) to grow at a 15 percent to 20 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next five to six years, as capacity more than doubles over the same period.