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
Malaysian government partners Zetrix AI for Shariah compliance AI
September 16, 2025
Malaysian government partners Zetrix AI for Shariah compliance AI
September 16, 2025