Japan is facing a shortage of Japanese language teachers for foreign workers as the country prepares to introduce a new worker acceptance system next April.
Alpaca Securities Pte. Ltd. has received in-principle approval from MAS for a Capital Markets Services licence. Once fully licensed, the Singapore entity plans to offer brokerage and custodial services to financial institutions in Southeast Asia.
Luno Malaysia, Halogen Capital and Kenanga Investors are exploring UMYR, a ringgit-pegged stablecoin for settling tokenised money market fund transactions.
Kopi Kenangan CEO Edward Tirtanata is increasing his stake in the coffee chain, partly by buying shares from early team members. Existing backers Alpha JWC, Tybourne and Horizons are also adding to their positions.