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SUSI Partners, through the SUSI Asia Energy Transition Fund (SAETF), has successfully realized its investment in Singapore-based renewable energy developer Alba Renewables (Alba), following Alba’s acquisition by leading global investment firm Brookfield.

On the eve of the XIN Summit (powered by BEYOND), two major pre-summit programs — XIN Summit Media Day and the Entrepreneurs Next Star & Million Prize Global Challenge 2025 Awards Ceremony — set the stage for a landmark gathering of global deep-tech innovators.

The successful debut of XIN Summit affirms its role as a new bridge connecting China’s innovation ecosystem with global markets. Built upon the momentum of the Greater Bay Area, XIN is designed to accelerate emerging ventures, amplify global market access, and foster partnerships that enable deep-tech commercialization at scale.

Against the backdrop of an increasingly fragmented payments landscape in Asia-Pacific, where digital wallets, local schemes, and situational payment preferences all coexist, Primer's Theo Spyrides shares how merchants can better align their payment flows with rapidly evolving consumer expectations. He notes that shoppers today are not only looking for their…

BENEFIT, the Bahraini fintech firm, and Ant International, a digital payment firm headquartered in Singapore, have partnered to launch cross-border QR payments between Bahrain’s BENEFIT QR payment scheme and Ant International’s global wallet gateway, Alipay+, during 2026 to support the transition to toward a more inclusive digital payments ecosystem.

Hong Kong-based digital assets firm Animoca Brands announced Monday it has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM, the international financial center of Abu Dhabi, the Capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to operate as a regulated Fund Manager.

Technologies like AI, machine learning, and tokenization are already transforming fraud prevention, and their impact is only set to grow. Beyond these, behavioral analytics, biometrics, and blockchain technology are emerging as complementary tools in the fight against fraud.

Pioneer Asset Management, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Tykhe Capital Group, and Skyvast Digital, part of the Malaysia-based Skyvast Corporation Group, have announced the launch of the world's first global-grade artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure tokenized fund – the SKYD Token, with an initial size of $150 million.

The World Bank Group (WBG), through its private sector arm the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Permodalan Darul Ta’zim (PDT), the strategic investment arm of the Johor State, and Ditrolic Energy, an integrated energy company, have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop a $6 billion Southern Johor Renewable Energy Corridor (SJREC) in…

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