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AnyMind agrees to acquire Vietnamese social and live commerce agency Vibula

AnyMind Group, a business process as a service (BPaaS) company for marketing, e-commerce and digital transformation, has announced that it has agreed to acquire Vietnamese social and live commerce agency, Vibula.

MVGX, BDO team up to launch AI-powered ESG platform to transform sustainability reporting in Indonesia

MVGX Tech Pte Ltd (MVGX), the sustainability partner of BDO in Indonesia, and BDO in Indonesia, the country’s accounting and advisory firms, have announced the expansion of their commercial partnership with the launch of a proprietary artificial intelligence (AI)-powered sustainability reporting platform.

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As tariffs bite into margins, AI investments must deliver

Global AI leaders continue to bet on Singapore as a trusted digital node in a fracturing world. Now, a new frontier is coming into focus: Agentic AI. The question is: Will we double down or retreat?

Surfin Meta Digital Technologies completes funding round of $26.5M

Surfin Meta Digital Technologies, a Singapore-headquartered financial technology solutions provider for the underserved, has announced the successful completion of its oversubscribed funding round.

Singapore’s GIC leads $152M Series F in U.S. custodian Altruist

Altruist, a US-based custodian for registered investment advisors (RIAs), announced Tuesday that it has raised $152 million in Series F funding led by GIC, a Singapore-based institutional investor.

Google Pay rolls out integration of eWallets – ShopeePay and TNG eWallet in Malaysia

Google has on Tuesday announced the integration of ShopeePay and TNG eWallet (an Alipay+ Partner) with Google Pay in Malaysia, marking Google Pay's first eWallet integrations in Southeast Asia.

Singapore-based financial institution Penguin Securities secures MAS CMS license

Penguin Securities, a Singapore-based financial institution, has been granted a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Singapore’s Groundup.ai bags $4.25M in Series A funding led by Tin Men Capital

With this fresh capital, the company plans to scale its product offerings, strengthen its global footprint across Asia and Middle East while expanding to Australia, Europe and North Asia and invest in talent and infrastructure to ensure that their clients achieve maximum impact from onboarding to long-term value realisation.

MAS’ experts panel proposes ways to enhance technology resilience

The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Cyber and Technology Resilience Experts (CTREX) Panel has proposed ways to enhance technology resilience and tackle emerging threats.

Singapore’s Keppel secures $1.53B new funding for its flagship funds

Singapore's asset manager and operator Keppel Ltd. has secured close to S$2 billion ($1.53 billion) of capital commitments from global institutional investors for its Keppel Data Center Fund III (KDCF III), Keppel Education Asset Fund II (KEAF II) and Sustainable Urban Renewal (SUR) strategy, representing approximately S$4.9 billion ($3.74 billion) in funds…