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Vietnamese Internet Platform VNG postpones US IPO – report

VNG has been exploring going public in the US since at least 2017.

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Optimizing online checkout: Bridging the gap between gaining customers and losing them

While your #checkout process is not the sole factor for customer conversion, it is often an underestimated aspect of sales success. Checkout optimization is certainly not a one-time-only exercise, it requires frequent refinement and testing. But with a myriad of tools available to merchants, building a frictionless checkout experience has become so much…

Japan’s Incubate Fund Asia announces first close of $50M third fund

Japan's venture capital firm Incubate Fund Asia has on Thursday announced the first close of its third fund which has a target corpus of $50 million. The fund is expanding its focus on supporting pre-seed and seed-stage startups in India and South East Asia (SEA).

Ant Group introduces ten Asian e-wallets to China to boost cross-border mobile payment

Chinese digital payment firm Ant Group has officially welcomed seven new leading e-wallets and payment apps from Asia to the “Alipay+-in-China” Program (A+China Program). The new additions bring the total number of overseas e-wallets accepted in the Chinese mainland to ten.

SC Ventures launches audax Financial Technology to help financial institutions accelerate digital banking capabilities

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, has launched audax Financial Technology (audax), a digital banking technology solutions provider. The platform is designed to empower banks and financial institutions to accelerate their digital transformation, deliver new business models, serve new customer segments and…

Malaysian pension fund KWAP launches $107M to boost Malaysia’s venture and startup ecosystem

Malaysia's pension fund Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) [KWAP] has on Thursday announced the launch of Dana Perintis, aimed at injecting vitality into Malaysia's venture and startup ecosystem. With a commitment to invest up to MYR 500 million ($106.6 million) over the next 18 to 24 months, KWAP is set to empower early-stage companies, drive…

Google Cloud to provide developers with access to data from 11 more blockchains

Google Cloud has on Friday announced that it has added 11 more of the most in-demand blockchains to the BigQuery public datasets program, while making improvements to existing datasets in the program. The 11 in-demand chains that Google Cloud is adding into BigQuery public datasets include: Avalanche; Arbitrum; Cronos; Ethereum (Görli); Fantom (Opera);…

Delivery Hero’s foodpanda’s business could be sold to Grab? – report

Delivery Hero plans to sell its activities under the foodpanda brand in Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand.

GovWare Conference and Exhibition to be held from Oct 17- 19 at Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore

GovWare Conference and Exhibition, the region's premier cybersecurity event, is gearing up to make a strong and impactful return from 17 to 19 October 2023, at Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.