WebTVAsia acquires METUB to expand its YouTube content to Vietnam

Currently, METUB already has 400 content channels and claims to log 600 million...


Grab speaks up to clarify Badrodin Haiti’s role in the company

Last week, Haiti indicated that when his appointment as President Commissioner...


Paytm to invest US$90M to expand its QR code-based payments network

Within a year of launch, the QR code-based offline payments already contributes...


Tencent extends “double-hundred plan” to cover legal services platform, Kuaifawu

Under the agreement, Kuaifawu has exchanged shares for traffic through...


Eyeing Singapore, MoBike announces strategic investment from Temasek, Hillhouse Capital

Despite verbalising a desire to enter Singapore, MoBike has been beaten to the...


China activity drove US$5.4 billion in Asia fintech funding in 2016

Asia’s fintech funding was level with US$5.5 million raised in the US...


Singapore govt to pump US$1.7B to transform country into digital powerhouse

In today’s Budget speech, Singapore’s finance minister Heng Swee...


Malaysia’s Dah Makan is a do-everything food tech startup and it just closed a US$1.3M seed round

Instead of partnering with restaurants or caterers, Dah Makan does everything...


India’s True Balance recharges its coffers with US$15M funding from Korean VCs

True Balance claims it provides quicker and intuitive balance check, call log,...


Alibaba accelerates offline retail push through partnership with Bailian

Through a strategic partnership, the Chinese e-commerce giant will leverage...