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Chinese B2B cross-border payments company XTransfer has filed for an IPO in Hong Kong to raise US$186 million.…
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has approved a 560 billion won (US$380.6 million) investment in AI startup…
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is in talks with investors to raise at least US$300 million at a…
Preparations for a Naver IPO are underway following an agreement between Naver Financial and cryptocurrency exchange operator Dunamu…
South Korean genAI startup Upstage has raised 180 billion won (US$120 million) in a Series C round backed…
Startale Group has completed a US$63 million Series A funding round, following a second close of US$50 million…
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Gobi Partners have announced the first close of the Gobi-HKU Fund…
PayPay’s shares surged in a highly anticipated Nasdaq debut on Thursday (March 12), opening roughly 19% above their…
China said it will inject 300 billion yuan (US$44 billion) into state-owned banks this year to guard against…
Japanese payments app PayPay is aiming for a valuation of up to US$13.4 billion in its US IPO…
RedotPay is reportedly exploring an IPO in the US that could raise more than US$1 billion, according to people…
SoftBank’s digital payments unit, PayPay, has filed publicly for a US IPO. The listing could be the largest…
Inference Research, an AI-native quantitative trading firm based in Hong Kong, has announced its launch and the expected…
Wonder, a fintech and payments platform serving merchants in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific, has raised US$12…
OSL Group announced an equity financing of US$200 million (approximately HK$1.56 billion). The company intends to use the…
WeLab has closed a US$220 million Series D strategic financing round, comprising a mix of debt and equity.…
RedotPay, a global stablecoin-based payment fintech, has closed a US$107 million Series B round, bringing its total capital…
Gobi Partners, one of Asia’s most active venture capital firms, has expanded into Japan through JR East’s TAKANAWA…
FundPark, a Hong Kong-based technology company providing financing solutions for eCommerce businesses, has raised US$71 million to further…
YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) has led a US$50 million funding round in Better Payment Network (BPN), a…

