April 04, 2024
PayPal Ventures Backs Hyperlocal Marketing Firm SingleInterface
India-based “hyperlocal marketing-to-commerce” firm SingleInterface raised $40 million in new funding. The funding round was led by Asia Partners, with participation by PayPal Ventures, according to a Thursday (April 4) press release. Founded by entrepreneurs Tarun Sobhani and Harish...
April 04, 2024
Singapore Licenses Crypto Platform GSR Markets
Regulators in Singapore have given a license to cryptocurrency market maker GSR Markets. As Bloomberg News noted in a report late Wednesday (April 3), the move is a rare one for the digital...
April 04, 2024
ClearBank Considers US Expansion After Hitting Profitability
Embedded banking firm ClearBank is reportedly planning to expand into Europe and the U.S. Charles McManus, the British firm’s CEO, told Bloomberg News Thursday (April 4) that the company has...
April 03, 2024
Ulta Warns of Cooling Demand Amid Ongoing Consumer Caution
After years of strong sales growth, Ulta Beauty is warning of a slow period ahead. The retailer’s chief executive said Wednesday (April 3) that he expects moderate mid-single digit sales growth, sending the...
April 03, 2024
Travelex Brings ‘Click-and-Collect’ FX Service to Hong Kong
Foreign exchange brand Travelex says it has launched its online click-and-collect service in Hong Kong. The new offering, announced Wednesday (April 3), lets customers purchase their travel cash in advance online, reserving...
April 03, 2024
Working Capital Fuels APAC High-Growth Corporates
Accessing working capital enables companies to avoid operational disturbances in the short term and power growth for the long term. In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, 66% of Growth Corporates accessed...
April 02, 2024
Supply Chain Chaos Threatens East Coast After Baltimore Bridge Collapse
When supply chains run smoothly, the economies they support do too. But when even the smallest disruption occurs, supply chains can quickly turn into the equivalent of a daisy chain...
April 01, 2024
Chinese Standard Essential Patents Licensing Negotiations and Dispute Resolution in...
By Dragon Wang, Bing Wu, Yannan Li & Xiaolin Wang1 The Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) recently handed down a second-instance judgment in the case of Advanced Codec Technologies, LLC...
April 01, 2024
Singapore’s Competition Watchdog Scrutinizes Grab-Delivery Hero Deal
Singapore’s competition watchdog, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS), revealed on Monday that it had initiated an inquiry into the collapsed discussions between Grab Holdings and Delivery Hero,...