Malaysia, China explore blockchain technology for PCO to facilitate Malaysia’s exports to China

Malaysia and China are exploring blockchain technology for preferential certificate of origin (PCO) to better facilitate Malaysia's exports to China. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) in Malaysia said in a statement on Tuesday that the move is to support mutual recognition of digital certificates of origin under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)…

Avanseus Announces Version 6.0 of its Augmented Operations Platform

SINGAPORE, April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Avanseus Pte. Ltd. ("Avanseus" or the "Company"), a software company specializing in developing AI-based solutions driven by machine learning and cognitive computing, today announced version 6.0 of its AI-based, state-of-the-art Augmented Operations platform, which includes several enhancements to Avanseus Predictive Maintenance's ("APM") capabilities and…

Avanseus Announces Version 6.0 of its Augmented Operations Platform

Indonesia’s Bukalapak acquires majority stake in Malaysian price comparison platform iPrice

Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak announced Tuesday that it has acquired a majority stake in iPrice, a Malaysia-based price comparison platform. Through this strategic investment, iPrice has the opportunity to accelerate its growth by leveraging the synergies between the two groups, Bukalapak said in a statement. As e-commerce in Southeast Asia has been growing rapidly over the last…

AnPac Bio-Medical Science Enters into Asset Purchase Agreement with Easy Hundred Inc.

NEW YORK, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: ANPC), a company with operations in the United States and China focused on early cancer screening and detection and entering into the operation of a business-to-business e-commerce food platform focused on the sale of Asian sourced food products, announced that on March 31, 2023, the Company…

Indonesia’s Fresh Factory raises $4.15M in pre-Series A funding led by SBI Ven Capital

Fresh Factory, an Indonesia-based integrated cold chain fulfilment and enabler startup, has on Monday announced it has raised $4.15 million in pre-Series A funding. Fresh Factory said in a statement that the round was led by SBI Ven Capital through its joint fund with Kyobo Securities and NTUitive. The round also saw participation from existing investors East Ventures, Trihill Capital, and…

Perisai Paves the Way in Asia – Introducing Voice and Behavioral Risk Assessment for Insurance and Health Sectors.

SINGAPORE, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Voicesense and Bizbaz announce a new joint product called Perisai—Malay for Shield. Specifically designed for insurance, reinsurance, health and wellness companies, Perisai builds on the partners' existing cooperation in finance, e-commerce, mental health and fintech where they provide comprehensive customer intelligence and risk assessment capabilities in…

Malaysia, Singapore announces cross-border QR code payment linkage

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have launched a cross-border QR code payment linkage between Malaysia and Singapore. This payment linkage will allow customers of participating financial institutions to make retail payments by scanning DuitNow QR and NETS QR codes, Bank Negara said in a statement on Friday. "It will support in-person payments through…