Singapore

Singapore’s PvX Partners raises $3.8M in seed funding co-led by Play Ventures and General Catalyst

PvX Partners, the Singapore-based financing platform designed for scaling consumer apps, has on Tuesday announced $3.8 million in seed funding co-led by Play Ventures and General Catalyst.

Tencent Cloud partners TrueWatch to launch Indonesia’s first multi-cloud SaaS observability platform

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, has on Monday announced its strategic partnership with TrueWatch, a Singapore-based unified monitoring platform provider, to launch Indonesia’s first multi-cloud software as a service (SaaS) observability platform.

HK’s Watawaste to raise funds in 2025 as its sustainable food app Yindii eyes expansion across Asia [Q&A]

We talked to Louis-Alban Batard, 
Co-founder & CEO, Watawaste HK Ltd (a Cyberport incubatee) which develops sustainable food app – Yindii, to learn more about the company’s achievements in 2024, its plans and priorities in 2025. He also shared his views on the outlook of the tech ecosystem in Hong Kong for the new year and how he sees Southeast Asia.

Singapore and Vietnam enhance cooperation in financial innovation

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) have agreed on Wednesday to enhance their existing memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further cooperate on financial innovation.

Singapore and Vietnam enhance collaboration in digital asset regulatory framework

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) have agreed on Wednesday to collaborate in capital markets regulation and digital asset regulatory framework.

Intel appoints Malaysian-born chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO

His appointment also comes three months after Intel ousted CEO and company veteran Pat Gelsinger, whose ambitious and costly plan to turn the company around was faltering and sapping investor confidence, Reuters reported.

Singapore Airlines, Salesforce collaborate on AI-powered customer servicing applications

US cloud-based software company Salesforce and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have on Wednesday announced that the airline is incorporating Agentforce, Einstein in Service Cloud, and Data Cloud into its customer case management system, enabling it to deliver more consistent and personalized service to its customers.

Singapore’s Chocolate Finance engages with MAS on customer withdrawal issues

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said Wednesday that it continues to engage Chocolate Finance, an online robo advisory service operated by Chocfin Pte Ltd, to ensure that all customer withdrawals will be met in an orderly fashion.

Salesforce to invest $1B in Singapore over five years for digital transformation

Salesforce, the American cloud-based software company, has on Wednesday announced plans to invest $1 billion in Singapore over the next five years, to accelerate the nation’s digital transformation and Agentforce adoption.

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Singapore’s new Shared Responsibility Framework compels banks & telcos to prevent phishing scams

Under the #SRF, financial institutions and telcos are required to implement a number of safeguards to protect and monitor fraudulent activities, as well as scam filtering tools and real-time alerts to warn consumers.