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PasarPolis, an Indonesia-based insurtech firm, has become Indonesia's first official full-stack insurtech ecosystem, giving the company the ability to both distribute and underwrite its own digital insurance products.

Jumppoint, the Hong Kong-based digital integrated logistics platform, has completed a successful Series A funding round, raising $6.5 million led by MindWorks Capital.The round also saw participation from Headline Asia, Chinachem Group, Philip Kuai, the founder of Dada Nexus.

Indonesia-based fintech company Xendit has officially entered the Malaysian market offering up its diverse range of hyperlocal payment solutions to businesses in the country from small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups to giant corporations alike.

Fave, Malaysia-based smart payments app, has on Wednesday announced its partnership with TNG Digital Sdn Bhd owner and operator of Touch ‘n Go eWallet, and the launch of the Fave loyalty programme within Touch ‘n Go eWallet.

Grab Company Ltd. (Grab Vietnam) and ZaloPay E-wallet have on Monday officially announced their collaboration to launch ZaloPay on the Grab app. Payment via ZaloPay is now available for almost all Grab app services, including transport, food and grocery, and parcel delivery.

Beyond joining the crowd of payments and financing, what we foresee is the need to focus on digitizing and automating the backend; specifically, procurement and supply chain management, especially so in the wake of Covid-19.

Chintai, a Singapore-based blockchain platform-as-a-service (BPaaS) company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Passion Venture Capital (PVC) to forge closer collaboration between traditional finance and adoption of security tokens.

Singapore-based insurtech bolttech, has partnered with Thailand’s mobile network operator AIS, to deliver embedded protection services including mobile device switch and replacement services to AIS customers for the recently-launched AIS Care+ programme.

Qritive, a Singapore-based healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) startup has on Monday announced that it has raised $7.5 million in a funding round led by MassMutual Ventures. The round was also supported by SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, and Exfinity Venture Partners.

Amplify Health, a Singapore-based health solutions provider, has on Tuesday announced the acquisition of AiDA Technologies (AiDA), a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to companies in Asia Pacific.