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MDEC and Ant International deepen partnership to accelerate digitalization of MSMEs across Malaysia
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Ant International are strengthening their partnership to accelerate the digital transformation of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) nationwide.
Singapore’s bolttech acquires Kenya’s mTek for East Africa expansion
Bolttech, the Singapore-based insurtech, announced Wednesday that it has acquired mTek, a digital insurance platform based in Kenya.
OCBC to add WeChat Pay for QR payments in China
Singapore bank OCBC will become the first Singapore bank to enable customers to scan-and-pay all merchant QRs in China through its Singapore mobile banking app.
Binance appoints Co-Founder Yi He as Co-CEO as the company nears 300M users
Binance, the global blockchain ecosystem behind the world's largest digital asset exchange by trading volume and users, announced Wednesday that its Co-founder Yi He, has been appointed as Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-CEO).
Alibaba Cloud enables Ryt Bank’s smart digital banking and PRO-NET’s national EV platform through strategic collaborations
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, announced Wednesday two significant collaborations supporting Malaysia’s national digital transformation agenda.
China and Vietnam launch cross-border QR payment program
UnionPay International (UPI) and the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) have officially launched a pilot program for cross-border QR payments connecting China and Vietnam.
UltraGreen.ai receives strong demand for $400M SGX IPO
UltraGreen.ai Limited, a Singapore-based fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) space firm, has received strong investor demand for its $400 million initial public offering (IPO) in the Singapore Stock Exchange.
PIDG invests $2.5M in Laos’s ride-hailing service company LOCA
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is investing $2.5 million in LOCA, Laos’ largest ride-hailing service provider.
MoneyHero partners HashKey to expand Hong Kong digital asset wealth product offerings
MoneyHero Limited, a tech- and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personal finance aggregation and comparison platform and a digital insurance brokerage provider in Greater Southeast Asia, has announced the expansion of its digital asset wealth product offerings through its new collaboration with HashKey Group, a Hong Kong-based digital asset company.
Singapore’s SynaXG raises over $20M funding to accelerate global AI-RAN
SynaXG Technologies, a deep-tech startup founded in Singapore, has recently successfully closed its first funding round of over $20 million.
