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Regional Insurtech Igloo extends footprint in Malaysia with Pine Labs partnership and appointment of Country Head

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Thursday, December 16, 2021
Customer, PayPal, Solution, SME, Garena, Insurance, City, Customer service, Mobile phone, Year, DANA, Business development, Pine Labs, Yahoo!, HD, Electronics, APAC, Marketing, Mastercard, Leadership, Temasek, Globe Telecom, Facebook, Lifestyle, Digital health, ID, Partnership, Health, Fave, Technology, Hotel, Online shopping, Manulife, Flipkart, Amitabha (disambiguation), Igloo

Pine Labs is currently used by over 246,000 merchants in 3700 cities and towns across India and Malaysia.

Key Points: 
  • Pine Labs is currently used by over 246,000 merchants in 3700 cities and towns across India and Malaysia.
  • The partnership comes on the heels of its appointment of Amitabh Singh as Country Manager, Malaysia.
  • Through the partnership, Pine Labs will offer shoppers hassle-free and easy mobile phone protection solutions under the IglooCare Program.
  • Meanwhile, as part of Igloo's plan to extend its presence in Malaysia, the company appointed Amitabh Singh, as Country Manager for Igloo, Malaysia.

Free Fire Teams Up With Snoop Dogg for 12 Days of Snoopmas

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Friday, December 17, 2021
Tablet, Virtual event, Hospital, Gamers Outreach Foundation, Disc jockey, Samsung, Snoop Dogg, Sea Ltd, Battle Royale, Name, DJ, Garena Free Fire, Radio, Dash, Arm, Arena of Valor, Software, League of Legends, GLOBE, League, IOS, Free Fire, Technology, Dash Radio, Video game, Garena

On December 11th, a Snoop-curated Dash Radio station kicked off the 12 Days of Snoopmas featuring 12 consecutive days of digital activations with some of the biggest names in gaming and entertainment.

Key Points: 
  • On December 11th, a Snoop-curated Dash Radio station kicked off the 12 Days of Snoopmas featuring 12 consecutive days of digital activations with some of the biggest names in gaming and entertainment.
  • The campaign will finish off with a grand finale Virtual Event on December 22nd co-hosted by Free Fire and Dash Radio.
  • The event will feature sets by DJ Snoopadelic and DJ Wenzday , Free Fire gaming sessions with special guests, and even more giveaways.
  • Free Fire's 12 Days of Snoopmas will include a charity drive benefiting Gamers Outreach.

Regional Insurtech Igloo and Vietnam's AhaMove strengthen partnership with 3 new insurance products including hospital cash allowance to protect its drivers

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Thursday, November 25, 2021
Garena, GHN, Insurance, Technology, Income, HO, Partnership, Health, VND, Solution, COVID-19, City, Policy, Yahoo!, Gold, Facebook, Health insurance, Ridesharing company, Hotel

Over the next three months, 3000 drivers who purchase Hospital Cash Allowance plans will enjoy a 60% discount.

Key Points: 
  • Over the next three months, 3000 drivers who purchase Hospital Cash Allowance plans will enjoy a 60% discount.
  • Drivers can choose from 3 plans starting from as low as 45,000VND/month, with hospitalisation allowance of up to 1,000,000VND/day.
  • Moving forward, Igloo will actively explore possible strategic partnerships to offer insurance protection solutions for the locals in Vietnam."
  • AhaMove also helps more than 25,000 Vietnamese drivers and drivers earn monthly income with attractive fee and bonus policy.

GameFi and the world’s first NFT co-creation platform for artists

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Friday, November 12, 2021
2D, Industry, Music, VFX, Star Wars, Arena of Valor, 3D, Technology, Love, COVID, Drama, Creativity, Non-fungible token, Garena, Imagination, Monkey King, GLOBE, Riot Games, Art director, NFT, Blizzard, Cryptocurrency, Video game

SINGAPORE, Nov. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GameFi and NFT are becoming global trends, paving the way for the Blockchain industry.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE, Nov. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GameFi and NFT are becoming global trends, paving the way for the Blockchain industry.
  • However, when artists from all over the world can create and earn money from games together, it is a whole new story.
  • The advantages of NFT vary as they can be attached to products from all fields (music, tree, art and more) after being digitalized.
  • In recent years, young artists in Vietnam could earn an enormous sum of money thanks to selling their artwork on technology platforms.

Ready Games Launches ICON: Avatar Fashion Metaverse With Epik as Its Exclusive NFT Technology Provider

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Thursday, November 4, 2021
Technology, Licensing (Entertainment), Electronic Games, Arts, Museums, Entertainment, Online, Mobile Entertainment, Marketing, Other Technology, Fashion, Advertising, Communications, Software, Retail, Internet, Mobile, Wireless, Data Management, Metaverse, Maker, WIRED, Industry, AAA, Contract, Ecosystem, Nazarov, Color, COO, Universal, Movement, ICON, Ownership, Technology, ViacomCBS, Warner Music Group, Garena, Multimedia, Video, Vision, Tencent, IP, DUMBO, Drawing, Woman, Partnership, Google Play, Sale, Gameloft, Nature, Comcast Ventures, Light, NFT, App Store (iOS/iPadOS), Non-fungible token, Life, RGN, Video game, Video game console

Epik has been selected to be the exclusive NFT technology provider for the Ready Games Network (RGN), a hyper-casual social gaming platform with more than one million users.

Key Points: 
  • Epik has been selected to be the exclusive NFT technology provider for the Ready Games Network (RGN), a hyper-casual social gaming platform with more than one million users.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211104006341/en/
    The companies have already collaborated to integrate Epik Primes blockchain technology and NFT framework to power digital collectibles and transactions on RGNs upcoming gaming metaverse title, ICON: Avatar Fashion Metaverse, which launches this week on the Apple App Store and Google Play.
  • ICON will be the very first metaverse utilizing Epik Primes technology to enable gamers to produce NFTs, from the virtual game assets they create in game.
  • In addition to in-game NFT creation, Epik Primes NFT infrastructure enables the sale of the limited edition NFTs and digital collectibles across games.

Regional insurtech Igloo and HD, the region's only D2C direct-pay healthcare marketplace, announce partnership to launch insurance products on HDmall

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Thursday, November 4, 2021
Clear aligners, Research, Entrepreneurship, Hospital, Telecommunication, Technology, SEA, Cancer, Travel, IVF, Association of British HealthTech Industries, Garena, Health care, Partnership, Patient, Insurance, Offers, Yahoo!, Accenture, Gen, SME, Leadership, HD, Generation Z, Igloo, Millennials, CEO, Facebook, Growth, Sexual Offences Act 1956, MTI, Health, Solution, Min Chueh Chang, GDP, D2C, COVID-19, Health insurance, Healthcare, Online shopping

Muang Thai Insurance (MTI), one of Thailand's leading non-life insurance companies, will be underwriting the health insurance products such as cancer and mobile syndrome insurance, among others.

Key Points: 
  • Muang Thai Insurance (MTI), one of Thailand's leading non-life insurance companies, will be underwriting the health insurance products such as cancer and mobile syndrome insurance, among others.
  • HD leverages ecommerce technology to connect direct-pay patients to hospitals and healthcare SMEs, with the mission to bring affordable healthcare to the '99%'.
  • Igloo will continue to look at expanding its partnership in the digital health space across the SEA region," said Raunak Mehta, Chief Commercial Officer, Igloo.
  • MTI's main products include fire insurance, marine insurance, motor insurance, and miscellaneous insurance.

Regional insurtech Igloo named among "2021 Inclusive Fintech 50"

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021
COVID-19, Accidental death, Financial inclusion, Globe Telecom, Technology, DANA, Travel, Garena, Partnership, Insurance, Yahoo!, Achievement, ID, Center, Year, Disability, Asia, Facebook, Solution, Earthquake, Inclusive, Hotel

SINGAPORE, Nov 2, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Regional insurtech, Igloo, was named as one of the winners of the 2021 Inclusive Fintech 50 (IF50) competition, an annual competition hosted by The Center for Financial Inclusion.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE, Nov 2, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Regional insurtech, Igloo, was named as one of the winners of the 2021 Inclusive Fintech 50 (IF50) competition, an annual competition hosted by The Center for Financial Inclusion.
  • Last year, Igloo partnered with foodpanda Thailand to introduce an insurance programme that provides free Covid-19 protection for delivery riders in Thailand.
  • In August 2021, Igloo also won 'Insurtech Initiative of the Year' at the 6th Insurance Asia Awards.
  • In July, the insurtech company partnered with regional leading food delivery platform foodpanda Singapore to launch the insurance product for gig economy workers.

Sea Limited to Report Third Quarter 2021 Results

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Technology, Other Consumer, Internet, Consumer, Garena, Technology, Sea Ltd, NYSE, SE, Online shopping

An archived webcast will be available at the same link above.

Key Points: 
  • An archived webcast will be available at the same link above.
  • Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) is a leading global consumer internet company founded in Singapore in 2009.
  • Our mission is to better the lives of consumers and small businesses with technology.
  • We operate three core businesses across digital entertainment, e-commerce, as well as digital payments and financial services, known as Garena, Shopee, and SeaMoney, respectively.

CryptoFights and Zenescope Equip Fans with Playable, In-Game NFTs and Digital Collectibles in Partnership with Epik

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Bitcoin, Bitcoin SV, Universe, Partnership, EPIK, RPG, Universal Music Group, ViacomCBS, BSV, Intellectual property, BlueStacks, Android, Esports, IP, Bitcoin Cash, CEO, Warner Music Group, Video, Technology, Blockchain, AAA, BTC, NFT, Non-fungible token, Garena, COO, Industry, Grimms' Fairy Tales, Cryptocurrency

SINGAPORE, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In an exciting new product and crossover launch, comic book and graphic novel publisher, Zenescope Entertainment and CryptoFights, the fighting game powered by the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain, set an industry milestone by minting the first-ever licensed Intellectual Property (IP) on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. The digital collectibles are playable, in-game non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles of Zenescope characters which users can use on their avatars and trade on- or off-platform. Spearheading the partnership is Epik, a global licensing agency connecting brands with video games.

Key Points: 
  • The digital collectibles are playable, in-game non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles of Zenescope characters which users can use on their avatars and trade on- or off-platform.
  • "Epik is proud to connect an incredible cutting-edge brand like Zenescope with the #1 game on the BSV blockchain CryptoFights," said Victor David, Co-Founder & CEO, Epik.
  • Epik is widely considered to be the blockchain industry leader producing collaborations for premium licensed digital collectibles, NFTs, and exclusive experiences powered by an interoperable proprietary cross-chain technology.
  • Epik is the first licensing agency to bring brands into AAA games with NFTs and digital merchandise.

CryptoFights and Zenescope Equip Fans with Playable, In-Game NFTs and Digital Collectibles in Partnership with Epik

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Bitcoin, Bitcoin SV, Universe, Partnership, EPIK, RPG, Universal Music Group, ViacomCBS, BSV, Intellectual property, BlueStacks, Android, Esports, IP, Bitcoin Cash, CEO, Warner Music Group, Video, Technology, Blockchain, AAA, BTC, NFT, Non-fungible token, Garena, COO, Industry, Grimms' Fairy Tales, Cryptocurrency

SINGAPORE, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In an exciting new product and crossover launch, comic book and graphic novel publisher, Zenescope Entertainment and CryptoFights, the fighting game powered by the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain, set an industry milestone by minting the first-ever licensed Intellectual Property (IP) on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. The digital collectibles are playable, in-game non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles of Zenescope characters which users can use on their avatars and trade on- or off-platform. Spearheading the partnership is Epik, a global licensing agency connecting brands with video games.

Key Points: 
  • The digital collectibles are playable, in-game non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles of Zenescope characters which users can use on their avatars and trade on- or off-platform.
  • "Epik is proud to connect an incredible cutting-edge brand like Zenescope with the #1 game on the BSV blockchain CryptoFights," said Victor David, Co-Founder & CEO, Epik.
  • Epik is widely considered to be the blockchain industry leader producing collaborations for premium licensed digital collectibles, NFTs, and exclusive experiences powered by an interoperable proprietary cross-chain technology.
  • Epik is the first licensing agency to bring brands into AAA games with NFTs and digital merchandise.