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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.

Huawei secures $84.66M financing from AmBank to boost 5G network in Malaysia

Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has secured MYR 350 million ($84.66 million) supply chain financing facilities from AmBank Group to boost 5G network in Malaysia.

Thunes Asia receives IPA to expand scope of MPI license from MAS

Singapore-based payment firm Thunes announced Thursday that it has received in-principle approval (IPA) for a variation of its major payment institution license (MPI) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

V-Green partners with Telkom Property to accelerate green infrastructure development in Indonesia

V-Green, a Vietnam-based electric vehicle charging infrastructure developer, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Telkom Property, a subsidiary of the multinational digital telecommunications company Telkom Indonesia, to accelerate green infrastructure development.