Philippines

Pencil Finance says its first $1 million student loan bundle completed an on-chain cycle, with principal and yield returned to funders.

PPMI and Alipay+ have connected Alipay+ to QR Ph, allowing supported international e-wallet and banking-app users to pay Philippine merchants through existing QR Ph codes.

Philippine climate-tech company Lumio Solar has raised a $900,000 pre-seed round led by 100x100 to scale distribution of consumer-ready solar appliances and equipment.

The Philippine government and U.S.-based Meta Platforms, known for its social media platform Facebook, agreed to deepen cooperation on protecting children online and countering disinformation, harmful content, and threats of violence.

Green GSM has launched a premium seven-seat electric taxi service using VinFast Limo Green vehicles in four Metro Manila cities.

Maya Chief People Officer Charee Lanza discusses AI fluency, junior-career development, workforce metrics, and why human accountability should remain central as companies automate more work.

GoTyme Bank has enabled Apple Pay for its customers in the Philippines, becoming the first digital bank in the country to offer the service, its card processor Paymentology said in a statement on Tuesday.

Malaysia's tech-enabled coffee chain ZUS Coffee is considering an initial public offering (IPO) of its Malaysia business to raise at least RM1 billion ($245 million).

Singapore-based AI and digital transformation company Temus, established by Temasek in 2021, has made a strategic investment in Thinking Machines Data Science, a Manila-founded AI and data company and OpenAI's first official services partner in Asia Pacific.

Singapore-based Atome Financial, the digital financial services platform comprising buy-now-pay-later service (BNPL) Atome, Atome Card, and Indonesia's Kredit Pintar, reported revenue of $470 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, up 80 percent year-on-year.