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Indonesia’s Elevarm partners Amartha, Rabo Foundation & Scala in global collaborations to grow pro-farmer financing product

Indonesia-based integrated farming productivity platform Elevarm has secured $1 million investment from Dutch financial services firm Rabo Foundation and Japanese information technology firm Scala and Indonesian fintech firm Amartha.

Malaysia’s Oretha raises $105,759 via equity crowdfunding

Oretha Senior Care, a senior care provider in Malaysia, has announced the successful completion of its equity crowdfunding campaign, raising MYR 499,200 ($105,759) with co-investment from MyCIF.

UNDP and DFINITY Foundation collaborate to boost financial inclusion for MSMEs

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a new partnership with the DFINITY Foundation, which will leverage the Internet Computer blockchain technology to further develop and implement the Universal Trusted Credentials (UTC) initiative.

Ant Group, Mastercard, partner to extend International Consumer Friendly Zones program to facilitate inbound travel to China

Chinese fintech player Ant Group and American payment firm Mastercard, along with 12 overseas payment partners of Alipay+ and other major international card organizations, have extended the International Consumer Friendly Zones program to facilitate inbound travel to China.

MAS expands industry collaboration to scale asset tokenization for financial services

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the expansion of initiatives to scale asset tokenization for financial services. This includes partnering with global industry associations and financial institutions to drive common asset tokenization standards in fixed income, foreign exchange (FX) and asset and wealth management.

Singtel partners Hitachi Digital to accelerate industrial AI solutions

Singtel, a Singapore-based communications technology group, and Hitachi Digital, a Japan-based end-to-end digital transformation services and technology firm, have announced a new collaboration that will pair Hitachi’s deep artificial intelligence (AI) expertise with Singtel’s Paragon platform, the all-in-one orchestration platform for 5G, edge computing…

Westcon-Comstor to distribute Nokia’s drone-in-a-box solution in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and more

Global technology provider Westcon-Comstor has on Tuesday announced an expansion of its long-standing relationship with Finnish multinational telecommunications firm Nokia to distribute Nokia’s drone-in-a-box solution in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and more.

Singapore’s Heymax.ai raises $2.6M in seed funding round led by January Capital

Singapore-founded loyalty platform Heymax.ai has on Tuesday announced it has raised $2.6 million in seed funding, led by January Capital. The round also saw participation from Tenity, Ascend Angels, XA Network and other strategic investors.

This startup from Singapore is developing ChatGPT for health & wellness industry [Q&A]

In the interview, Dr Lim also shared his views on how advanced AI tools can help professionals in the health and wellness industries, the company’s goals, vision and mission, its business model, among others.

Demystifying AI and AI PCs

The argument for adopting AI-enabled PCs as a way of preparing for future AI-powered software releases will only strengthen over time. As existing AI features evolve, and new capabilities emerge in the next few years, individuals and #enterprises may want to look into adopting AI PCs now to ensure their devices are capable of running AI workloads by the…