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2024.11.06

09:00

Tencent announces partnership with Visa to bring palm scan payments to international markets

Asia Tech Wire (Nov 6) -- Tencent on Wednesday announced a partnership with Visa to bring palm scan payments to the international market, with the first stop to be Singapore.

2024.10.29

09:54

Bank of Singapore, iCapital launch digital platform for alternative investments

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 29) -- Bank of Singapore, a unit of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), on Tuesday announced the launch of FIM Alternatives Select, a digital platform for alternative investments, with financial technology company iCapital.

07:20

C919 maker opens Asia-Pacific office in Singapore

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 29) -- Comac, the maker of China's homegrown passenger jet C919, has announced the opening of its Asia-Pacific office in Singapore.

2024.10.09

02:28

OpenAI plans to open office in Singapore later this year

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 9) -- OpenAI announced on Wednesday that it plans to open an office in Singapore later this year.

2024.09.24

06:58

Singapore regulator asks shopping site Qoo10 to suspend all payment services

Asia Tech Wire (Sep 24) -- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday issued a directive requiring local shopping site Qoo10 to suspend all payment services with immediate effect.

2024.09.02

07:48

Crypto exchange OKX receives MPI license in Singapore

Asia Tech Wire (Sep 2) -- The Singapore branch of cryptocurrency exchange OKX has received the Major Payment Institution (MPI) licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

2024.08.02

08:45

Singaporean fintech firm Aleta Planet to expand into Middle East, Africa

Asia Tech Wire (Aug 2) -- Singaporean fintech firm Aleta Planet has received an investment from UAE consortium National Pulse in order to expand its cross-border payment services business in the UAE, Middle East and Africa.

2024.07.31

08:35

ByteDance's Singapore office suffers massive food poisoning, nearly 60 people hospitalized

Asia Tech Wire (July 31) -- A massive food poisoning outbreak at the Singapore office of TikTok owner ByteDance on Tuesday afternoon, resulted in the hospitalization of nearly 60 people, according to The Straits Times.

2024.07.23

08:10

Pfizer invests $743m to expand Singapore plant

Asia Tech Wire (July 23) -- U.S. drugmaker Pfizer has invested $743 million to expand its Singapore plant.

2024.07.16

09:24

XTransfer approved to offer cross-border remittance services in Singapore

Asia Tech Wire (July 16) -- XTransfer, a Chinese B2B cross-border trade payment platform, announced on Tuesday that it has received an in-principle approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for the issuance of a Major Payment Institution (MPI) License.

2024.06.19

05:58

Former Faraday Future global CEO joins Singapore startup, report says

Asia Tech Wire (June 19) -- Xuefeng Chen, the former global CEO of California-based electric car maker Faraday Future, has joined Singapore-based startup SingAuto, according to Chinese media outlet 36Kr.

2024.06.05

09:39

Tencent relocates office space in Singapore

Asia Tech Wire (June 5) -- Chinese tech giant Tencent (0700.HK) has relocated its office space in Singapore, according to Bloomberg.

08:10

NXP, TSMC-backed chipmaker plans to invest $7.8 billion to build factory in Singapore

Asia Tech Wire (June 5) -- Netherlands-based chipmaker NXP Semiconductors N.V. and a TSMC-backed chipmaker plan to invest $7.8 billion to build a factory in Singapore.

2024.06.04

07:26

Google's tech infrastructure investment in Singapore hits $5 billion

Asia Tech Wire (June 4) -- Google's technology infrastructure investment in Singapore has reached $5 billion.

2024.05.30

08:57

Singapore to spend nearly S$300 million on quantum tech over next 5 years

Asia Tech Wire (May 30) -- The Singapore government on Thursday announced the National Quantum Strategy to drive the further development of the quantum industry.

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