Asia
Set Sail AI partners Choco Up to drive generative AI adoption
Choco Up, a Singapore-based revenue-based financing (RBF) and growth platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Set Sail AI, a Hong Kong-based intelligent contact center solution, to facilitate the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions among businesses and merchants.
July 3, 2024
Ant Group, Mastercard, partner to extend International Consumer Friendly Zones program to facilitate inbound travel to China
Chinese fintech player Ant Group and American payment firm Mastercard, along with 12 overseas payment partners of Alipay+ and other major international card organizations, have extended the International Consumer Friendly Zones program to facilitate inbound travel to China.
July 3, 2024
Singtel partners Hitachi Digital to accelerate industrial AI solutions
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…
July 2, 2024
Westcon-Comstor to distribute Nokia’s drone-in-a-box solution in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and more
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.
July 2, 2024
Philippines,News,SEA,FinTech,Thailand,Singapore,Asia,Malaysia
India, Malaysia & 3 other Asean countries plan instant retail cross-border payments
The central banks of India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines are working together to start an instant cross-border retail payments platform.
July 1, 2024
IFC partners IFRS Foundation to improve sustainability reporting in emerging markets
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).
June 28, 2024
China,Asia,TechNode Event,SEA,Investments,Venture Capital
ORIGIN: Asia Tech Conference: Outsiders’ Insights – Capturing the Southeast Asian Tech Wave
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.
June 28, 2024
Tencent Cloud partners Nokia to support cloud, AI innovation in multi-cloud operations for enterprises in Singapore, Asia Pacific
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.
June 27, 2024
Rocketlane raises $24M in Series B funding co-led by 8VC, Matrix Partners India, and Nexus Venture Partners
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.
June 27, 2024
Novo invests in Indian agritech firm AgNext Technologies
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.
June 26, 2024