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Salesforce, the global artificial intelligence (AI) customer relationship management (CRM) has partnered with Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), the mobile services arm of PLDT, Inc., to deliver AI-powered digital experiences for customers on a unified e-commerce website.

CGC Digital, the fintech subsidiary of Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC), announced Monday a strategic collaboration with B2B Finpal, a peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform, aimed at broadening access to financing for Malaysia’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

VinFast Auto Ltd., the Vietnam-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, said its total revenues jumped 149.9 percent year on year to $656.5 million in the first quarter of 2025.

Fitch Ratings has on Monday revised its 2025 outlook for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) technology sector to ‘deteriorating’ from ‘neutral’.

Hong Kong-based renewable energy (RE) specialist Clean Kinetics has announced it has raised S$4.3 million in a Series A funding round to drive its asset development and international expansion plans in the renewables infrastructure space.

MoneyHero Limited, a personal finance aggregation, comparison platform, and digital insurance brokerage provider in Greater Southeast Asia, has announced a strategic collaboration with OSL Group Limited, a digital asset platform, to expand its digital asset wealth product offerings in Hong Kong.

B Grimm Power is also studying a plan to invest at least $1.6 billion more in additional data center projects with a total capacity of about 200MW.

Grab has held on-and-off talks with GoTo for years, according to earlier media reports. But a merger never materialized, partially due to antitrust concerns likely to arise from combining Southeast Asia’s two dominant ride-hailing and food-delivery groups.

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