Thai fintech Ascend raises $150 mn to expand digital financial services
Investors such as Bow Wave Capital Management, Charoen Pokphand Group and Ant Group participated in the funding round...
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Bahrain mulling on increasing value-added tax to 10%
This move will help the government to boost revenues and curb deficits...
Consumer use of digital banking accelerates in Asia–Pacific: McKinsey
Number of digital banking users in APac rose from 54% in 2017 to 88% in 2021...
Russian energy giant Gazprom to increase natural gas supply to Europe
Earlier, Gazprom has been accused of not doing enough to increase its natural gas supplies to Europe...
Wizz Financial received green light from central bank for UAE exchange acquisition
UAE Exchange engages in money transfer, foreign exchange and payment services...
Philippines-based fintech GCash branches into insurance
GCash has partnered with Singapore-based insurtech Igloo...
Masan Group to enter Vietnamese telecom industry
The Sherpa has completed acquiring 70% of Mobicasy JSC for $13 mn to enter the telecom market...
Crypto asset management firm Cobo raises $40 mn to accelerate DFaaS development
The funding round was led by DST Global, A&T Capital and IMO Ventures...
UAE emerging as one of the biggest players in the global blue hydrogen market
The UAE is on its way to become gas self-sufficiency as ADNOC expands into unconventional gas...
UK fintech Symplifi partners with AXA for health insurance in Nigeria
The insurance benefits will be available when the customer apply and secure loans on the SympliFi app...