Fintech Trusting Social nabs US$65m funding to further offer services in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam – AI-powered fintech Trusting Social has raised US$65m funding from The Sherpa Company, a subsidiary of Masan Group Corporation, to offer customised retail and consumer financial products to serve 27 million families in Vietnam. In addition, the strategic collaboration between the two entities will provide access...

sooka’s new campaign features social media validation amongst millennials

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – New streaming platform sooka, releases its latest campaign together with Reprise in commemoration of this year’s Raya celebrations, the festival of the ‘breaking of the fast’ celebrated by Muslims in Malaysia.  The film titled ‘Krisis Social Media Anis’ (Anis' Social Media Crisis), directed by P. Prem...

AirAsia makes available flights from Air New Zealand on super app

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – The list of airlines available on the airasia Super App’s Online Travel Agent (OTA) platform continues to grow as Air New Zealand become the latest airline to authorise the sale of its flights on the region’s growing super app.  Through this commercial collaboration, Air New Zealand’s...

YouTube to help better interfaith discourse with workshop series

Singapore – Video streaming platform YouTube has partnered with comedy brand Ministry of Funny to launch a series of workshops, aimed at helping interfaith groups and religious organisations create quality online content and meaningful discourse around the emerging issues of online extremism and hate.  Titled ‘Tribe Talkin': How to Start...

HK-based Omnichat’s US$1.8m funding to aid expanding business to SEA

Hong Kong – Local-based omni-channel chat commerce solution provider Omnichat has raised US$1.8m in its pre-A round funding, which will be used to expand its business to Southeast Asia. The funding will finance Omnichat to further expand the business to SEA markets. The first stop will be Singapore, Malaysia and...

Guest experience platform SevenRooms expands to Singapore, Hong Kong

Singapore – SevenRooms, a guest experience and retention platform for the hospitality industry, has now expanded to Singapore and Hong Kong. The local team will be led by Paul Hadida, SevenRooms' general manager for APAC, who has over a decade of hospitality industry experience and has led the platform's rapid...

Star Atlas unveils partnership with The Sandbox

Hong Kong – Star Atlas, a next-gen metaverse with triple-a game design and Unreal Engine 5 graphics built on the Solana blockchain, and The Sandbox, a leading decentralized gaming metaverse and subsidiary of Animoca Brands, today announced a partnership that aims to revolutionize gaming interoperability between the Ethereum and Solana...

EZ-Link, Mastercard partner to launch new digital wallet ‘Pay by Wallet’

Singapore – Singapore-based contactless payment platform EZ-Link has partnered with global payment technology company Mastercard to launch its ‘Pay by Wallet’, a digital wallet product that leverages Mastercard’s ‘Pay by Account’ technology for making contactless and e-commerce payments including recurring payments at Mastercard accepting merchants globally. The introduction of ‘Pay...

Swarmio Media, Globe Telecom to launch Ember gaming, esports platform in PH

Philippines – Swarmio Media Holdings Inc., a technology company focused on the global deployment of its proprietary gaming and esports platform via its telco partners, together with Globe Telecom, has announced the launch of its Ember gaming and esports platform in the Philippines. The commercial agreement comes as a result...

Digital assets exchange platform CoinW expands to Vietnam

Vietnam – Digital assets exchange CoinW has announced its expansion to Vietnam. Through this, the company will be bringing more than 10 million USDT rewards to its Vietnamese users, which can be obtained from the activities of doing registrations, friend invitations, and transactions. CoinW said that it has also launched...