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Singapore’s Yangzijiang Financial invests $143.27M to lead the restructuring of lithium battery firm Shanshan
Singapore-based investment manager Yangzijiang Financial is investing RMB 1.02 billion ($143.27 million) to lead the restructuring of lithium battery giant Shanshan Co.
Temasek’s Temus inks strategic partnerships with IMDA, Peak3, Resaro to accelerate AI transformation
Temasek's digital transformation solutions firm Temus has announced three new strategic collaborations with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Peak3, and Resaro to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) transformation across the public and private sectors in Singapore.
Lazada, Gmarket team up to bring authentic Korean products to SEA
Lazada, Southeast Asia’s leading online shopping platform, has teamed up with South Korea’s Gmarket, to bring 20 million authentic Korean products for Southeast Asian shoppers on its platform.
Aeon Credit partners MUFG to launch $119M social loan in Malaysia
MUFG Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (MUFG), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. has signed a MYR 500 million ($119 million) social loan with AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad (AEON Credit), a financial service provider in Malaysia.
Reclaiming clarity: How AI is helping SMEs turn marketing from waste to growth
SMEs don’t need more reports. They need more answers. The businesses that embrace that shift will not only out-market their competition, they’ll outlast them.
How the industry’s fear of change is costing printers customers they don’t even know they lost
Every delay, every vague promise of “I’ll get back to you,” chips away at trust. In today’s environment, where buyers can compare options instantly, erosion is deadly.
CapBay partners TrackerHero to launch $200M initiative to boost digitalization among Malaysia’s SMEs in security services
Bay Group Holdings Sdn Bhd (CapBay), a Malaysian supply chain financing provider and peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform, and Ultrack Technology Sdn Bhd (TrackerHero), a provider of security workforce management solutions, have sealed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate digital adoption and growth among small and medium-sized enterprises…
MAS and industry partners publish technical report on proof-of-concept Sandbox for quantum-safe communications within the financial sector
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in collaboration with DBS, HSBC, OCBC, UOB, SPTel and SpeQtral, has successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) sandbox to evaluate the use of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for secure communications in the financial sector.
NYK joins Neptune’s $52M Series B funding round led by Granite Asia
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), a Japan-based shipping company, and Neptune Robotics (Neptune), a Singapore-based robotics-driven vessel cleaning firm, have on Tuesday announced the signing of the memorandum of understanding which expand their partnership to accelerate fuel efficiency and decarbonization across NYK’s global fleet.
SEA tech firms funding falls 7 percent to $2.6B in first nine months of 2025 – Tracxn
A total of $2.6 billion was raised Southeast Asia's tech firms in the first nine months of 2025, a drop of 7 percent as compared to $2.8 billion raised in 9M 2024, and a drop of 58 percent compared to $6.2 billion raised in 9M 2023, Tracxn said Tuesday.
