Zurich Insurance Group has acquired AIG’s global personal travel business, including Travel Guard, for US$ 600 million, plus a potential…
Year: 2024
Australia has announced a US$50 million investment in Singapore’s Financing Asia’s Transition Partnership (FAST-P) to support sustainable infrastructure development and…
Luxury retail group Valiram has partnered with Atome to offer “buy now, pay later” options at its stores and online…
Cambodia has intensified its regulatory measures against unlicensed online activities by blocking 102 websites, including 16 crypto exchange platforms such…
By 2030, data center capacity in Southeast Asia is expected to triple to reach between 5.2 gigawatts (GW) and 6.5…
Cambodia’s banking sector, traditionally known for its rapid growth and dynamic transformation, is facing a significant decline in profitability, with…
Digital payment token provider dtcpay has announced a strategic shift to exclusively support stablecoins for all its payment services starting…
KPay, a financial management and business operations platform, has secured US$55 million in Series A funding. The round was led…
Crypto.com has introduced an upgraded bug bounty programme in collaboration with HackerOne, offering rewards of up to US$2 million for…
Thailand Post has partnered with insurtech firm bolttech to offer discounted compulsory motor insurance to customers across Thailand. This new…
Vietnam is undergoing a transformation and moving towards becoming a cashless economy, a shift that has been driven by innovative…
Tenity, a global innovation ecosystem and early-stage fintech investor, is expanding its focus on decentralised finance (DeFi) through its Incubation…
DBS, in partnership with Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), recently launched the Spark GenAI programme.…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Mastercard Impact Fund have forged a new partnership to tackle the pressing financing…
Singapore authorities have reported a sharp rise in government official impersonation scams, with the number of cases and losses nearly…
Venture capital firm 1982 Ventures has appointed James Kim as its Operating Partner. Based in Singapore, Kim brings over two…
Raja Teh Maimunah, the CEO of Malaysia’s first digital islamic bank, ‪AEON Bank‬ is among one of the country’s most…
The fintech ecosystem in Singapore continues to thrive and Australian-born global fintech leader Airwallex is stepping up its efforts to…
Maybank Singapore has introduced a new feature in its myimpact SME programme, SMEs to calculate carbon emissions and report core…
Indonesian peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Amartha has completed the acquisition of PT Bosowa Multi Finance, a leasing company previously part…