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Helicap and Bank Danamon Forge Strategic Partnership to Empower FinTech and Alternative Lending Across Southeast Asia

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3 years ago

February 22, 2024

SINGAPORE, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Leading FinTech firm Helicap Pte Ltd (Helicap) and PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk (Danamon) has today announced a strategic partnership to support FinTech and alternative lending industry in Indonesia. This collaboration aims to position the duo as a one-stop solution for non-dilutive growth capital targeting FinTech, alternative lending firms and MSMEs across diverse segments including supply chain, leasing, e-commerce, and more.

The synergy will leverage:

Danamon’s extensive banking network, totalling over consolidated assets of IDR 221 trillion with its subsidiary, PT Adira Dinamika Multi Finance Tbk (Adira Finance), and deep banking expertise in Indonesia, unlocking invaluable insights into market access and industry expertise.Helicap’s proven diversified debt portfolio track record of 6 years with no defaults, and cutting-edge proprietary data analytics, offering strong risk assessment, investment selection, and portfolio management capabilities.

This partnership goes beyond mere capital provision. It envisions a supportive and innovative funding ecosystem catering to the debt financing needs of non-bank firms at every stage of their growth journey, from seed funding to IPO.

Key highlights of the partnership:

Long-term volume generation: Danamon’s banking infrastructure and product suite will be utilised to drive business growth for Danamon through transaction volume and account openings of Helicap Group’s borrowers, fostering seamless integration. Enhanced visibility for Helicap Group, as it unlocks access to a wider range of products for its borrowers, including cross-border collaborations, credit and cash management solutions.Robust transaction flow and co-lending: Helicap will strive for building a robust flow of risk-managed transactions for Danamon in Indonesia, and the two aim at co-lending to targeted investees, amplifying lending capacities and impact.Technology utilization for enhanced risk management: Combining Helicap’s technology with Danamon’s banking infrastructure via Danamon Cash Connect will streamline cash reconciliation, fraud analytics, credit risk monitoring, due diligence, and bank account pledge processes.

Together, Helicap and Danamon are poised to reshape the financial landscape of Southeast Asia, empowering FinTech and alternative lending firms to drive inclusive growth and unlock their full potential.

Key Quotes:

David Z Wang, CEO and Co-Founder of Helicap: “This partnership is a watershed moment for the FinTech and alternative lending industry in Southeast Asia. By combining our credit expertise and resources with Danamon’s extensive reach and banking know-how, we are creating a truly unique and comprehensive solution for FinTech and alternative lending firms across the region.”

Andi S Wahdi, Enterprise Banking Business Head said “Danamon as part of MUFG, a leading global financial group as well as Japan’s largest bank, we are supported by MUFG’s strengths, expertise, and network in serving customers and facilitating business growth to create long-term value for all stakeholders. We provide innovative and appropriate financial solutions so that customers can take control of their financial needs and goals. Today we are excited to announce our partnership with Helicap as one of leader in the FinTech investment space. This collaboration aligns with our commitment for supporting innovation and driving financial inclusion in Indonesia and beyond.”

About Helicap:

Helicap is a Singapore-based FinTech firm connecting global investors to private debt opportunities in Southeast Asia. The company’s goal is to fill a $500 billion financing gap that banks are unable to serve and deploy capital to 300 million underbanked through 1,000 originators in the region. The company’s equity backers include Japanese financial services firm Credit Saison, Temasek-backed alternative investments firm Tikehau Capital, integrated Asian financial house PhillipCapital, as well as top VC firms East Ventures, Access Ventures, Voveo Capital, and leading Singapore property group Soilbuild Group Holdings.

Over the last 6 years, Helicap has raised more than US$20 million in paid-up capital and deployed over US$250 million worth of capital with their in-house data analytics expertise. By leveraging this advanced data-processing capability, they have indirectly served more than 5 million MSMEs and individuals. Helicap’s collaboration with Temasek Trust on Southeast Asia’s first Financial Inclusion Report exemplifies the commitment to building a visible, impactful, and integrated ecosystem that prioritizes sustainable and ethical practices. Since its inception, Helicap has built exclusive networks with hundreds of platform partners, who have access to a total of 200 million potential borrowers in the region. For more information, visit www.helicap.com.

About Danamon

PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk (Stock Code: BDMN) was established in 1956. As of 31 December 2023, the company manages consolidated assets of IDR 221 trillion with its subsidiary, PT Adira Dinamika Multi Finance Tbk (Adira Finance). In terms of share ownership, 92.47% of Danamon’s shares are owned by MUFG Bank, Ltd. and another 7.53% by the public.

As of December 2023, Danamon is supported by a network of 863 conventional branch offices, Sharia units, and subsidiary branch and business network as well as a network of ATMs, ATM Bersama, PRIMA, and ALTO totaling more than 60,000 units spread across 34 provinces. In addition to the offline services, Danamon products and services can also be accessed online through D-Bank PRO for Individual Customers and Danamon Cash Connect for Business Customers. Moreover, Danamon also provide 24-hour services via SMS Banking services and Hello Danamon call center services.

As part of MUFG, a leading global financial service group as well as Japan’s largest bank, Danamon is supported by MUFG’s strengths, expertise, and network in serving customers and facilitating business growth to create long-term value for all stakeholders.

Through the spirit “Grow With Us” which is based on Danamon’s Vision to Care and Help Millions to Prosper, Danamon reinforces its commitment as a bank that is always ready to provide solutions for all financial needs for all customers from various segments including Consumer, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Wholesale (Enterprise and Commercial), both conventional and sharia, as well as automotive financing through Adira Finance, in order to grow more prosperous.

This is in line with Danamon’s aspiration aspires to continue to grow as a customer-centric organization as “Your Bank of Choice”. Our unique value proposition focuses on sales and service excellence, strong synergies with partners and stakeholders, and supported by world-class technology aiming to provide the best financial solutions to help customers in taking control of their financial needs and goals.

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Shenzhen Unveils APEC China 2026 Host-City Theme Song and Music Video

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23 minutes ago

November 1, 2026

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The host-city theme song for APEC China 2026, Meet You Where Wonders Bloom (在奇迹之城遇见你), was produced by the Publicity Department of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee and created by Shenzhen Media Group. Written and composed by He Muyang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association and a Shenzhen-based musician, the song is performed by popular singers Jane Zhang and Joseph Zeng. With its fresh, youthful pop sound, the song tells the stories of ordinary dreamers, weaving together personal aspirations, Shenzhen’s remarkable development, and the broader vision of Asia-Pacific cooperation.

Released alongside the song, the music video goes beyond showcasing Shenzhen’s cityscape to put people at the heart of the story. Through the experiences of people from all walks of life, particularly young people and those from overseas, it captures the energy and appeal of Shenzhen, the City of Miracles, and its warm welcome to the world. Running 4 minutes and 45 seconds, the video features 176 shots filmed across Shenzhen, with more than 100 residents appearing on screen. From location coordination and filming support to bringing participants together, the production was a citywide effort. More than just a music video, it became a shared expression of Shenzhen’s enthusiasm as APEC host city.

From a refreshing melody to a city ready to welcome the world, Shenzhen is embracing its role as APEC host with openness and inclusiveness, extending a warm invitation to guests from near and far to gather in Shenzhen.

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Shenzhen Unveils APEC China 2026 Host-City Theme Song and Music Video

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23 minutes ago

November 1, 2026

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Context Labs AI Distillery™ Lets Enterprises Run Sovereign AI on Data They Own

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4 hours ago

November 1, 2026

Company launches the Context Engine for trusted sovereign AI, which packages an enterprise’s own data with verified lineage for use with the frontier or open-weight model the enterprise chooses.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Context Labs B.V. (“Context Labs”), the AI Data Infrastructure company, today launched the Context Labs AI Distillery™, the Context Engine for trusted sovereign AI. The AI Distillery converts an enterprise’s operational and business data into a governed Context Package that the enterprise owns, creating their own protected competitive moat. Every answer an AI model draws from the package is traced to its source records, and the package works with the frontier or open weight model the customer chooses, inside the customer’s own environment.

Analysts have quantified the obstacle to scaling enterprise AI. Gartner predicts that through 2026 organizations will abandon 60% of AI projects unsupported by AI-ready data, and that over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027. McKinsey reports that eight in ten companies name data limitations as the barrier to scaling AI agents. Gartner has also described what enterprises now need: software that lets teams construct, govern and deliver semantically organized knowledge to AI agents, built on ontologies and knowledge graphs.

The Context Labs AI Distillery™ is designed around six outcomes:

Own your IP. An enterprise’s knowledge, know-how and operating context stay inside a Context Package that only it controls and are not used to train third-party AI models.

Own your AI. The intelligence employees create in everyday use accrues to the enterprise, not to a model provider, and grows with every interaction.

Trusted, provable answers. Every output carries its data lineage and decision provenance, so answers can be verified, audited, and defended.

Build, protect and scale a proprietary competitive asset. The Context Package captures how the enterprise describes and runs its operations, starting with one facility and extending to others without rebuilding.

Sovereign by design. The AI Distillery runs inside the customer’s own data center or chosen cloud, so data stays where the customer decides.

Freedom of model choice, at lower cost. Customers can use any frontier or open-weight model and switch models without rebuilding the Context Package. Precise, verified context reduces the tokens each query uses.

The AI Distillery works in three steps: distill, package, and prove. It maps an enterprise’s structured and unstructured data to industry-specific ontologies, stores the result in a Context Package with cryptographic provenance, and checks answers against the company’s own records before any model goes into production. Work that has typically required teams of specialist engineers becomes a guided, governed workflow.

Context Agents and the Semantic Context Tunnel. Context Agents answer operational, commercial and compliance questions from the enterprise’s Context Package, with every figure traced to its source. The Semantic Context Tunnel brings the same context into the AI assistant employees already use. Both work within the access controls the enterprise sets.

“Models come and go. An enterprise’s context should not,” said Dan Harple, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Context Labs. “Frontier models will keep improving, but they do not supply governance, provenance or trust, and they should not absorb the knowledge that makes a company competitive. The AI Distillery gives enterprises a moat they own: their own context, proven and protected, working with whichever model they choose. That is how our customers own their IP and own their AI.”

At ADIPEC 2026, Context Labs is demonstrating the AI Distillery on energy-sector use cases, in which a Context Agent answers operational questions with every figure traced to the underlying plant records. Context Labs is located Arab Development Group stand, Stand #5240, Hall 5 and in the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, AI Zone, Hall 13.

Availability. The Context Labs AI Distillery™ is available now through the Microsoft Marketplace. Each enterprise license includes an industry starter kit to accelerate time to value. Companies can request a briefing or technical working session at contextlabs.com/distillery.

About Context Labs B.V.

Context Labs is an AI Data Infrastructure company delivering the Context Engine for Trusted and Secure Sovereign AI. Its platform turns complex, fragmented operational, engineering and enterprise data into continuously verified, auditable information that AI systems, people and markets can trust. Built on an extensible library of industry-specific ontologies that map to established standards published by ISO and other standards bodies, the platform is deployable across sectors, with use-case applications delivering decision-ready intelligence on a common foundation. The Context Labs AI Distillery™ lets enterprises run sovereign AI inside their own data centers, so they own their IP and own their AI. Formed out of MIT research and led by a team that helped drive the at-scale growth of the Internet, Context Labs has offices in Amsterdam, Cambridge (Mass.), Houston and Abu Dhabi. Learn more at www.contextlabs.com.

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