ADB grants PH fintech leader GCash with $30-M credit facility to expand loan access to MSMEs, women entrepreneurs, especially in high poverty areas
MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Fuse Financing Inc., the lending arm of GCash, are set to spur the growth of the Philippine micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) sector with a $30-million...
GULF secures THB 60 billion, or approximately USD 1.9 billion, to invest in renewable energy power projects with a total contracted generation capacity of 939 MW
BANGKOK, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Gulf Development Public Company Limited (GULF), Thailand's leading power and infrastructure conglomerate, has successfully secured THB 60,000 million in loan facilities to accelerate the development of 27...
AVPN's AI Opportunity Fund Expands Regional Efforts to Build AI Skilling Infrastructure for a Future-Ready Workforce Across Asia-Pacific
18 Local Training Providers selected for Phase Two of the Fund AVPN developed an AI Skilling Policy Toolkit aimed at governments and policymakers AVPN is also launching an AI training content hub, AI Learning for the Future of Work, for workers to...
3,000 MSMEs in Singapore to Benefit from AI Advancement Training under the AI for MSME Advancement in ASEAN (AIM ASEAN) Programme
SINGAPORE, Nov. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Up to 3,000 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Singapore will gain access to free AI advancement training through the AI for MSME Advancement in ASEAN (AIM ASEAN) Programme, a regional initiative...
Farmdar Secures Strategic Investment from Asian Development Bank to Scale AI for Agriculture Across Emerging Asia.
SINGAPORE, Nov. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmdar, an agritech company that uses AI and space technologies for sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture, today announced that it has raised funding from ADB Ventures, the venture capital arm of the...
Robo Co-op Partners with AVPN as Japan Market Strategic Partner for USD 15-Million AI Opportunity Fund: Asia-Pacific Initiative (First Phase), Supported by Google.org and ADB
TOKYO, June 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Robo Co-op, a refugee-led cooperative devoted to promoting digital inclusion, is pleased to announce its participation as a Strategic Partner of the first phase of AI Opportunity Fund: Asia-Pacific, AVPN's USD 15...
AVPN is introducing 49 organisations who will train APAC workers on AI as part of the USD15 million AI Opportunity Fund: Asia Pacific
AVPN's landscape report, AI for All: Building an AI-Ready Workforce in Asia-Pacific, reveals the opportunities for AI across the region with an inclusive AI Just Transition Trends uncovered include how young workers are future-proofing their careers...
ABC Impact Closes Fund II at Over USD 600 Million, Doubling Fund Size with Commitments from Asian Development Bank, Temasek Trust, Temasek, and Other Leading Institutional Investors
SINGAPORE, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ABC Impact, the Asia-focused impact investment firm, has successfully completed the final closing of its second fund at over USD 600 million, doubling the size of Fund I. This milestone deepens the firm's...
Supported by the Luxembourg Government, The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Announce the 2nd Edition of Catapult | SE Asia 2025
Fintechs with impact backed by Government Initiative LUXEMBOURG, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) announces the second edition of Catapult: Inclusion Southeast Asia, an acceleration program dedicated...
Fair Finance Asia reveals critical gaps in the gender considerations of the Asian Development Bank's Energy Transition Mechanism Pilot in Indonesia's Cirebon 1
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fair Finance Asia's (FFA) latest report, Towards a Gender-Transformative Energy Transition in Asia, reveals critical gaps in the consideration of gender equality and women's empowerment in the...