Philippines
Green GSM launches seven-seat premium electric taxi service in the Philippines
Green GSM has launched a premium seven-seat electric taxi service using VinFast Limo Green vehicles in four Metro Manila cities.
Maya’s Charee Lanza on building an AI-first workforce without losing human judgment [Q&A]
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 becomes first Philippine digital bank to offer Apple Pay to 10 million customers
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 ZUS Coffee said to explore IPO to raise at least $245M — report
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’s Temus invests in Philippines’ Thinking Machines, OpenAI’s first APAC services partner
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’s Atome Financial grows 2025 revenue 80% to $470M, annualized run rate reaches $800M
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.
FCC Philippines signs long-term solar deal with Peak Energy
FCC (Philippines) Corp., a subsidiary of Japan's FCC CO., LTD. has signed a long-term solar agreement with Singapore-based renewable assets operator Peak Energy to power its clutch systems facility in Laguna with onsite renewable energy.
The next 500 million investors won’t look like the last 500 million
We believe the platforms that will shape the next chapter of wealth management won’t necessarily be the ones serving the most sophisticated investors. They’ll be the ones that bring the most people into the system for the first time and build the trust to keep them there.
Atome Philippines secures $81M credit facility from Asia United Bank to expand PayLater card
Atome Philippines, under Singapore-headquartered digital finance platform Atome, has closed a PHP5 billion ($81 million) wholesale facility with Asia United Bank, securing local currency capital primarily to support the continued expansion of its PayLater Anywhere Card, which has now been issued to over 3 million Filipinos.
Philippines’ Kickstart Ventures join Sprout.ai’s Pre-Series A $9M funding round
Sprouts.ai, an AI-native startup delivering Revenue Agents for B2B enterprises through a proprietary go-to-market (GTM) data layer, has raised $9 million in Pre-Series A funding.
