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Global bank Standard Chartered has announced a partnership with Wise Platform, Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks, to power faster and cheaper international payments for the bank’s cross-border payment service, SC Remit.

The event also saw the launch of TeXnovasi, a collaborative effort between GXBank and Grab Malaysia, and supported by Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), MYStartup and 1337 Ventures which aims to build an inclusive and sustainable tech-based entrepreneurship ecosystem in Malaysia.

This year, the Sunway iLabs–JETRO Green Transformation Accelerator (GXA) Program focuses on sustainability. The program provides startups an engaging platform to be immersed in the Malaysian business ecosystem, collaborating with Sunway Group and its business partners.

Dash Electric, an Indonesian electric vehicle (EV)-as-a-service startup, has on Wednesday announced the successful close of its oversubscribed seed funding round, led by The Radical Fund and co-led by Bali Investment Club (BIC).

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and leading global venture capital (VC) firm Walden International are launching a new venture capital fund to support deep tech spin-offs from the university.

Canva, an Australia-based online design platform, has forged a long-term partnership with Philippines e-commerce platform Enstack to empower businesses with free design tools.

Funding Societies, the Singapore-based unified digital finance platform for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has on Tuesday announced signing the third credit facility with HSBC under its ASEAN Growth Fund.

Singapore-based climate tech venture builder Wavemaker Impact has launched Numat, a new venture focused on transforming bamboo processing with sustainable practices.

Bizcap, an Australia-headquartered fintech firm, has on Monday announced its expansion plans into Singapore, along with the appointment of Joseph Lim as Asia Managing Partner.

NTT DATA, a global firm in digital business and information technology (IT) services, has on Monday announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate the adoption of cloud-based data analytics and generative artificial intelligence AI solutions for customers across key markets in Asia Pacific (APAC).