Machine learning technology set to unlock US$17B fintech opportunity: white paper

The fintech industry opportunity in Asia is set to directly compete with North...


MaGIC Accelerator Programme: SEA’s largest accelerator Demo Day returns with participation from 15 countries

About 50 startups from various countries participated in today’s...


Indosat Ooredoo partners with GoSwiff to launch a mobile payment acceptance solution

D-Pay comes packaged with Data, Voice and SMS to support retailers in...


From general public to SMEs: Singapore crowdfunding platform Funding Societies raises US$6.3M

Since its 2015 inception, the company has facilitated US$6.3 million worth of...


MaGIC’s Social Entrepreneurship Demo Day sees promising enterprises, aims to address social and environmental issues in Malaysia

Social entrepreneurs were mentored for four months by Google Head of Technology...


Tencent, Baidu, JD.com double down on Bitauto with US$550M investment

This is the third investment that Tencent and JD have made in the company...


Ex-Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi launches world’s first waqf-based crowdfunding platform

WaqfWorld.org combines waqf (Islamic endowment) with the dynamism of...


Bitcoin’s rough day: Price tumbles 20 per cent after US$65M exchange theft

The price of bitcoin did recover from the initial plunge, and it will be worth...


Meet the 6 Indian startups attending Pitney Bowes accelerator programme

The startups will be placed in Pune or Noida for incubation and will have...


Grab to raise around US$600M from Didi and SoftBank: Bloomberg

 This week has been one hell of a ride for ride-hailing services Southeast...