Singapore
Singapore’s Tazapay lands strategic investments from Ripple and Circle
Tazapay, a Singapore-based cross-border payments infrastructure platform, announced Tuesday the successful close of its Series B funding round with investment from Peak XV Partners, Ripple (US), Circle Ventures, Norinchukin Capital (Japan), and GMO VenturePartners (Japan).
August 28, 2025
Ant International, Standard Chartered collaborate on AI-powered treasury, FX management solutions
Ant International and Standard Chartered announced Monday a new collaboration to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered treasury and foreign exchange (FX) management solution that integrates Ant International’s Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST) Model with Standard Chartered’s Aggregated Liquidity Engine (SCALE).
August 26, 2025
Singapore’s BOM BOM secures $2.7M early stage investment led by Blueprint Ventures
BOM BOM, a Singapore-based precision pet nutrition company, has concluded its Series Pre-A round of S$3.5 million ($2.72 million), led by Blueprint Ventures, a seed stage consumer venture capital firm.
August 26, 2025
Singapore’s Atlas Consolidated secures $18.1M in Series B funding led by Tin Men Capital
Singapore-based fintech firm Atlas Consolidated has secured $18.1 million in Series B funding led by Tin Men Capital to accelerate global adoption of HugoHub.
August 26, 2025
News,FinTech,Singapore,Malaysia
YTL and SEA launch first AI-powered bank, Ryt Bank
Malaysia's conglomerate YTL Group and its partner tech giant SEA Ltd have launched Ryt Bank, the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Bank created by Malaysians, for Malaysians.
August 25, 2025
2C2P secures Major Payment Institution license in Singapore
2C2P Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based full-suite payments platform, announced Wednesday that it has been granted a Major Payment Institution license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
August 22, 2025
News,Asia,Singapore,Blockchain / Crypto
Singapore’s Startale partners Japan’s SBI to develop OnChain trading platform for tokenized stocks and RWAs
Startale Group, a Singapore-based crypto infrastructure firm, and SBI Holdings, a Japan-based financial group, have announced a strategic joint venture to launch an onchain trading platform focused on tokenized stocks and real-world assets (RWAs).
August 22, 2025
DBS expands blockchain capabilities by tokenizing and distributing structured notes
Singapore-based lender DBS announced Thursday it will tokenize structured notes on the Ethereum public blockchain and offer it to eligible investors on third-party digital investment platforms and digital exchanges.
August 22, 2025
Singapore’s X0PA AI establishes Dubai regional headquarters to expand AI-native recruitment platform to Middle East
X0PA AI, a Singapore-headquartered artificial intelligence (AI) recruitment platform, has established Dubai as its regional headquarters for Middle East operations, the company announced Wednesday.
August 22, 2025
Singapore’s Temasek weighs a major overhaul to improve returns – report
According to the report, under the proposal still being discussed at senior levels, Temasek could divide its business into three arms.
August 21, 2025












