Why the GrabPay Card has to die for GXS Bank to thrive
We look at the implications of Grab shuttering its card offering and Aeon Bank’s plans to launch Islamic banking services in Malaysia.
View ArticleFPT, Nvidia join forces for $200m AI factory project in Vietnam
FPT is listed on the Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange and is valued at US$5.5 billion.
View ArticleMapping the Indonesian fintech players navigating a tech winter
Between 2021 and 2023, the payments, lending, brokerage, and insurtech segments attracted the most money for the country’s fintech industry.
View ArticleGlasswall: The things anonymous founders say about VCs
Check out the recent anonymous reviews for these VC firms.
View ArticleSaigon Summit 2024
Join Tech in Asia’s very first Saigon Summit along with more than 700 other regional tech scene enthusiasts to make connections and create opportunities to catalyze the sector’s growth.
View ArticleThunes moves into US gaming payments with Tilia deal
With the deal, Thunes would expand its offerings to new merchants, like those in Tilia's niche of online games, virtual worlds, and creator economies.
View ArticleFounder, meet investor
You’ll want to get mixed up with this crowd at this exclusive gathering.
View ArticleFunding falls, but these Indonesian fintech players still stand
In The Top Up this week, we map out Indonesia’s key fintech players and look at plans to expand cross-border payment linkages within ASEAN.
View ArticleUS passes bill to force TikTok sale
ByteDance has a year to sell its US operations or face a ban, according to the bill, though founder Zhang Yiming previously said it did not intend to sell.
View ArticleVC funds tracker: Khosla Ventures, Khazanah Nasional, others add $5.4b in new...
Fundraising is difficult. To make things easier, we have compiled a detailed list of the most recent VC funds for our subscribers.
View ArticleThese are the most active investors in Vietnam’s startups
Which investors are writing the most checks to Vietnam-based startups?
View ArticleEx-Mintable COO secures $1.7m for new Web3 gaming startup
Uncharted's founder is Jiawen Ngeow, who left NFT marketplace Mintable in 2023 following a legal battle with its CEO.
View ArticleNo funding, mo’ problems in Pakistan
We delve into how Pakistan’s startup ecosystem has adapted to a dearth of VC funding and how Atome Financial almost doubled its operating income.
View ArticleZilingo ex-CEO’s criminal complaint is retaliation against whistleblowers:...
Ankiti Bose, who was fired from Zilingo in 2022, claims that co-founder Dhruv Kapoor and ex-COO Aadi Vaidya had misled her and investors.
View ArticleUS suggests 3-year jail term for Binance founder
The sentence, given after Changpeng Zhao pled guilty to money laundering violations, exceeds US federal guidelines, Reuters noted.
View ArticleSenseTime pauses trading as stock surges 30% with new AI model’s launch
That company said SenseNova 5.0, the latest version of its LLM, can exceed the capabilities of OpenAI's ChatGPT-4.
View ArticleHot or not: What SEA investors are betting on and what they’re ignoring
VC funding can be a leading indicator of where in the tech industry we’re going to see more spending and jobs.
View ArticleDemystifying Yuu, the Temasek-backed consumer loyalty program
Is it a national loyalty program meant to benefit all Singaporeans? Or is it a multimillion-dollar experiment by Temasek on an emerging tech?
View ArticleBillEase’s credit facility hits $40m with new Saison investment
The US$5 million funding from Credit Saison's SIMPL comes after the Philippine BNPL startup doubled its revenue in 2023 while staying profitable.
View ArticleGet dibs on Vietnam’s up-and-coming startups
The next big thing of the country’s tech scene could very well be at the Antler Portfolio Showcase.
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