Korea’s AIM raises $1.6M for its mobile trading service

 Seoul-based startup AIM has closed $1.6 million in seed funding to bring its artificial intelligence-powered app for financial…

Nintendo reports $569M profit as Pokémon game sales get off to good start

 Nintendo only takes a fraction of the revenue from Pokémon Go, the smash hit game of…

Not just Uber, now Grab is also hiring government insiders to grow its business

 Southeast Asia’s Grab is taking a leaf out of the Uber playbook and bringing in a prominent…

Vodafone is in talks to merge with Idea and create India’s largest telco

 Vodafone has confirmed that it is in discussions over a merger deal that could create India’s largest…

Alibaba’s Ant Financial is buying MoneyGram for $880M to expand its global presence

 Alibaba is taking a big step into the U.S. — but it isn’t necessarily what you…

Rocket Internet opens its first engineering hub in Asia

 Rocket Internet is increasing its focus on Asia after it opened its first engineering hub in…

This startup wants to make China’s electric scooters as desirable as iPhones

 China is a big country with big cities and big roads. Imagine what it must feel…

Xiaomi is skipping Mobile World Congress entirely this year

 Samsung isn’t the only major phone maker who won’t be announcing a new device at Mobile…