Th investment is aimed at enabling Binance to launch a cryptoexchange in Singapore by the end of 2018. On Tuesday, Singapore state fund Temasek backed Vertex Ventures has invested in Binance – one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges – as it prepares to expand operations into the city-state. In a joint statement, the firms…
Malta registered Huulk allows the trade of commodities, stocks and sharia compliant products. It aims to partner with several European exchanges in the coming weeks. On Monday, as per Ibrahim Mohammed, the Chief Executive of Huulk, a new digital exchange has been launched aimed at listings financial technology firms which are sharia compliant. The development…
Through this strategic move, Grab is expanding from its core ride-hailing services into other areas including electronic money transfers, loans, payment services and food delivery. Through GrabFresh, it now serves on-demand grocery deliveries. It is targetting revenues of $1 billion by the end of 2018. On Tuesday, in a strategic move that banks on its…
Its investors include KKR & Co, AllianceBernstein and Baillie Gifford. Lyft has a market share of 35% in the U.S. Following a funding round in which it raised $600 million, Lyft Inc said the its latest funding round was led by Fidelity Management which saw the ride-hailing firm’s valuation jump to $15.1 billion in little…
This is the biggest investment to date by an automaker in the global ride-hailing sector. On Wednesday, Toyota Motor Corp stated it has agreed to invest $1 billion Grab, a Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm, as its lead investor in its current funding round which was launched after it bought Uber Technologies’ regional business. Toyota’s move…
Although this is Uber’s second such retreat from Southeast Asia, the deal suggests that Uber is taking a defensive positioning for a potential counter-offensive especially with its CEO Khosrowshahi gaining a foothold in Grab’s board. On Monday, in a move that marks Uber Technologies Inc’s second retreat from the Asian, the ride services firm has…
The Malaysia-based fintech firm’s GOLDX covers all the principles that are the cornerstones in Islamic financial contracts. HelloGold, a Malaysia-based firm disclosed that it has received a sharia-compliant certification for its gold-backed cryptocurrency; it plans on launching its online gold platform in Thailand later this year. GOLDX, its cryptocurrency product which was launched at the…
Although Chinese military drones look suspiciously similar to U.S. and Israeli ones, drone makers are confident that customers will continue to prefer a reliable strike platform rather than a cheap unreliable ones. A predicted rise in demand for military drones from regions in Asia, the military drone market is gradually leaning towards Chinese drone makers…
The strategic move by Hyundai Motor marks a growing trends towards collaborating with strategic partners rather than develop technologies by itself. On Thursday, Hyundai Motor Co stated it has invested an undisclosed amount in Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab marking its first ever foray into the fast burgeoning sector as it tries to diversify its sales…
With the emerging e-commerce boom tapping only a fraction of retail brick and mortar sales, the vast potential for e-commerce has made Southeast Asia a battle ground for the world’s top online sellers, who are rapidly expanding their footprint in order to corner more marketshare. In a movie that marks the expansion of partnership between…
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