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Google India Digital Services (P) Limited and NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand the transformative impact of unified payments interface (UPI) to countries beyond India.

Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based battery-swapping ecosystems firm has on Wednesday announced it was partnering with Latin American energy company Copec, to launch its battery swapping and Smartscooters in Chile and Colombia in the second quarter of 2024.

Animoca Brands Japan, a strategic subsidiary of Hong Kong gaming firm Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, announced Thursday the appointment of Kensuke Amo as its Chief Operating Officer, effective on February 1, 2024.

Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, has on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with LightLink, an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, to enhance Web3 gaming experiences with gasless on-chain transactions.

SoftBank Ventures Asia is officially changing its company name to SBVA after closing $150 million fund. SBVA, through this fund, aims to actively discover early to mid-stage startups that capitalize on technological innovations in ICT, such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and computing, and create new business opportunities.

Companies across Asia-Pacific (APAC) are quickly ramping up investments in generative AI (GenAI) and entering a higher stage of maturity, according to Infosys. The research forecasts a bigger increase than in any other region – 140 percent in the next year. This translates to an estimated $3.4 billion to be invested across Australia, New Zealand, China,…

Elice Inc. (Elice), South Korea’s upcoming artificial intelligence (AI)-powered educational platform company, has raised a KRW 20 billion ($14.9 million) Series C round. The new funding is led by Vertex Growth, a growth-stage venture capital fund anchored by Vertex Holdings, a subsidiary of the global investment company Temasek.

Darewise Entertainment (Darewise), a subsidiary of Animoca Brands and the creator of the Life Beyond game, announced Sunday a strategic partnership with DFZ Labs, creator of the world-renowned Web3 brand Deadfellaz. The duo have entered into partnership to support each other's growth by sharing their expertise in Web3 with each other through an advisory…

Ecofy, India's green-only non-banking financial company (NBFC) dedicated to addressing the last mile climate finance gap in the Indian consumer and small business sector, has secured an investment of INR 900 million ($10.83 million) from FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial development bank.