Source: Citcon

Jun.09.2022, Singapore ------ Citcon Inc., the one stop gateway to the world’s fastest growing payment options that enables cross-border and in-market commerce to scale, announced the organization’s latest expansion efforts in Asia Pacific, following the global footprint to encompass South Korea and Japan. With a successful Series C fundraise in October 2021, this global payments provider has expanded its portfolio of local wallets and alternative payment schemes to more than 200 and added in-market senior leadership and support staff to bolster its market presence throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Source: Wasabi

Jun.08.2022, Shanghai ------ Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage solution company, doubles down the Asia-Pacific market with the opening of a new storage region located in Singapore. This marks Wasabi’s 13th storage region globally and its fourth one in APAC, following Tokyo, Osaka, and most recently Sydney, as the company scales to meet the demand for high-performance, affordable cloud storage, and to be in closer proximity to its expansive customer and partner network. Additionally, Wasabi has appointed former SAS Institute Japan executive Michael King to serve as Vice President and General Manager, APAC, to lead the next stage of Wasabi’s growth in the region.

Source: BIS

June.06.2022, Singapore ------ The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced that Tao Zhang will join the Bank as Chief Representative for the Asia Pacific region. Mr Zhang will join the BIS on 14 June and will be based at the BIS Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific (Asian Office) in Hong Kong SAR.

Jun.06.2022, Shanghai ------ Macquarie Asset Management announced the final close of its third Asia-Pacific regional infrastructure fund with over $US4.2 billion in investor commitments, exceeding the fund’s $US3.0 billion target. The successful fundraise brings total capital managed under the manager’s Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund series, dedicated to investing in Asia-Pacific infrastructure, to over $US15 billion. The company’s global infrastructure assets under management is $A197 billion as of 31 March 2022.

Source: CDB Aviation, Businessnewswire
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Jun.01.2022, Shanghai ------ CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Limited (“CDB Leasing”), announced the appointment of Brian Dowling as Chief Technical Officer ​to lead the lessor's technical operations, who used to led technical operations in regional offices in Ireland, Asia Pacific, and the Americas.