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HashKey Exchange Launches Unified Crypto Trading App Across Asia and Global Markets
Blockchain & Crypto

HashKey Exchange Launches Unified Crypto Trading App Across Asia and Global Markets

HashKey Holdings Limited, an Asian digital asset group, has launched a new flagship crypto trading application that unifies its previously separate HashKey Exchange and HashKey Global platforms into a single user portal.

Sunrate Named in CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 for Second Consecutive Year
Fintech & Ecommerce

Sunrate Named in CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 for Second Consecutive Year

Sunrate has been included in CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 ranking for the second consecutive year, earning recognition for its role in the global payments and treasury management sector.

Xweave Integrates Solana to Power Real-Time Treasury Stablecoin Settlement Across APAC
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Xweave Integrates Solana to Power Real-Time Treasury Stablecoin Settlement Across APAC

Singapore-based crypto and blockchain payments infrastructure platform Xweave has integrated Solana’s settlement layer into its institutional treasury product. The company announced the update at the Point Zero Forum in Zurich on June 24. This move targets one of corporate treasury’s oldest structural problems: the need to pre-fund accounts in multiple jurisdictions just to move money […]

Amplicity Raises $1 Million Seed Round to Deploy Battery Optimisation Projects
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Amplicity Raises $1 Million Seed Round to Deploy Battery Optimisation Projects

With new funding, ENGIE-backed Amplicity aims to commence its first commercial battery use optimisation projects in Singapore and expand operations in Australia.

OceanBase Announces Kuala Lumpur Support Center, Serves 4,000 Customers Globally
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OceanBase Announces Kuala Lumpur Support Center, Serves 4,000 Customers Globally

OceanBase is planning to open a global support center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as part of its international expansion, as the company already serves more than 4,000 clients globally.

How India’s UPI Credit Line Model Is Finding Echoes Across Southeast Asia and Europe
Fintech & Ecommerce

How India’s UPI Credit Line Model Is Finding Echoes Across Southeast Asia and Europe

India’s Unified Payments Interface has long been celebrated as one of the most successful real-time payment infrastructures ever built. Meanwhile, many countries across the globe are noticing the convenience of Credit Line on UPI framework, which allows banks to extend pre-approved credit directly through the UPI stack, letting consumers spend borrowed funds as seamlessly as […]

AI Surges Again: Which APAC Markets Are Riding the Wave?
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AI Surges Again: Which APAC Markets Are Riding the Wave?

Singapore’s exports surge, Taiwan’s chip giant breaks records — a fresh 2026 AI boom is reshaping APAC stocks markets

Western Union Acquires APAC Wallet Dash From Over-Century-Old Telecom Giant
Fintech & Ecommerce

Western Union Acquires APAC Wallet Dash From Over-Century-Old Telecom Giant

Western Union will now have its own wallet service in Singapore, extending its existing presence of 80 agent locations in the country with the digital payment reach of over 1,4 million local citizens using Dash, previously owned by Singtel.

How MAS Is Shaping AI Risk: Inside MindForge, Veritas, and the New Governance Stack in Finance
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How MAS Is Shaping AI Risk: Inside MindForge, Veritas, and the New Governance Stack in Finance

As AI systems move from tools to autonomous agents in finance, Singapore’s regulator is building something rare: a full governance stack. Here’s how MAS’s MindForge, Veritas, and new AI risk guidelines work together, and why it matters globally.

EBANX Opens Singapore Headquarters After Recording Best-Ever 48% Payment Volume Growth in 2025
Fintech & Ecommerce

EBANX Opens Singapore Headquarters After Recording Best-Ever 48% Payment Volume Growth in 2025

The Brazilian-founded payments giant EBANX is planting its APAC flag in Singapore — now home to its Chief Product Officer and 25 senior specialists, as it rides a wave of record growth across Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

WRISE Group and IFCG Forge Strategic Wealth Management Alliance to Target Thailand’s Growing Private Wealth Market
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WRISE Group and IFCG Forge Strategic Wealth Management Alliance to Target Thailand’s Growing Private Wealth Market

Singapore-based multi-family office WRISE Group has announced a strategic partnership with Thailand’s IFCG Public Company Limited, in a move aimed at expanding institutional-grade wealth management solutions for high-net-worth (HNW) and mass affluent investors in the Thai market.

Top Global Startup Funding Rounds: December 2025
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Top Global Startup Funding Rounds: December 2025

Across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, startups secured billions in funding this December. Explore the top deals driving growth in AI, fintech, healthcare, robotics, and sustainable energy as we’re moving towards 2026.

Asian Wealth Gradually Integrates Crypto into Fintech Strategies
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Asian Wealth Gradually Integrates Crypto into Fintech Strategies

New data suggests digital assets are becoming an increasingly established, though still selective, component of wealth management across Asia.

Citi Strengthens Asia FX Leadership With Strategic Talent Push
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Citi Strengthens Asia FX Leadership With Strategic Talent Push

The global bank Citi is making a major push, bolstering its foreign exchange (FX) business across Asia with a fresh wave of senior hires and renewed focus on corporate and institutional clients.

Singapore Launches First Fully-Insured Physical Gold Fund, Democratizing Gold Ownership for Retail Investors
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Singapore Launches First Fully-Insured Physical Gold Fund, Democratizing Gold Ownership for Retail Investors

A new gold fund backed by physical bullion and vaulted in Singapore is set to redefine access to precious-metal investments, offering retail investors institutional-grade gold exposure with unprecedented ease.

Singapore’s MAS Proposes Robust New Guidelines for AI Risk Management Across Financial Sector
Science & Technology

Singapore’s MAS Proposes Robust New Guidelines for AI Risk Management Across Financial Sector

With the new guidelines proposal, MAS is clearly signaling that Singapore aims to be one of the global leaders in safe, responsible AI adoption within financial services, encouraging innovation, but not at the expense of risk.