The Rakyat Post: The surprise economic contraction for Singapore in the second quarter saw the

Fastacash, a Singapore-based fintech startup, yesterday announced a $15 million Series B funding round by

E27: InnoVen Capital, a Mumbai-based venture debt fund which recently got acquired by Singapore government-backed Temasek

GROOVEMAESTRO: The Korean Government has announced “Plans for Boosting Investments” at the 8th Meeting Promoting

TECHINASIA: E-Marketer predicts that by 2018 there will be 200 million new smartphone users in

TECHCRUNCH: U.S.-based VC firm 500 Startups is launching a new accelerator program in Southeast Asia

TECHINASIA: These are just a few quotes from the media about an industry that has

News.Gov.HK: The Government is committed to transforming Hong Kong into a hub for innovation and

Japan Times: On July 8 and 9, Russia hosted Chinese, Indian, Brazilian and South African leaders

TECHINASIA: Cermati, an online portal for finding and comparing financial products in Indonesia, announced earlier

E27CO: Singapore-based fin-tech startup Toast is raising a US$750,000 seed round, with half the funds

TECHINASIA: Nearex, a mobile payments startup based in Singapore, yesterday announced it raised funds in

TECHINASIA: Alibaba’s spin-off finance subsidiary, Ant Financial, today put out a major new update to

TECHCRUNCH: In a move that feels fairly unusual, Global Founders Capital (GFC), the venture capital

THE ECONOMIST: China is certainly not the first country to try to prop up a falling

TECHCRUNCH: Lendingkart, a New Delhi-based platform for small businesses loans, has raised a Series A

FORBES: China’s Alibaba Group is deepening ties with Singapore’s national postal service provider SingPost, as

E27.CO: Philippines-based fin-tech startup LoanSolutions has raised an undisclosed round of funding from a group

TechCrunch: It was the big story not so long ago. As of mid-June, 14 U.S.-traded China-based companies had

ASIAONE: It was all mapped out in the stars. Ms Jenny Lee was transported from

TECHINASIA: Vladislav Solodkiy, Life.SREDA VC: It has been almost 2 months since I relocated to Singapore. During

ASIA Outlook: The MoU between Marvelstone and Life.SREDA will strengthen startup capacities across Asia in the

E27.CO: Singapore-based real-time financial monitoring app Call Levels is raising a US$500,000 bridge round to

TechCrunch:  Alibaba’s subsidiary company Ant Financial confirmed today that it closed a Series A funding round which

E27.CO: incub@TE, an incubator run by Tata Elxsi (part of the US$100 billion Tata Group),

DEALSTREETASIA: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has committed S$225 million ($166.48 million) over the

WIRED: Ahead of the event, here’s everything you need to know about one of the biggest

E27.CO: GrabTaxi from Singapore is about to get US$200 million in fresh capital, pegging its

Bloomberg: As more Chinese jumped into the market in the hope of instant wealth, peer-to-peer websites

E27.CO: Currently in beta, the launched version will allow users to connect their debit cards, send