UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the month of August 2025
Commission
File No. 001-41079
Currenc
Group Inc.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
410
North Bridge Road, Spaces City Hall, Singapore
(Address
of principal executive office)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F
Form
20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Resignation
and Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
On
August 15, 2025, Currenc Group, Inc., an exempted company incorporated and registered in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”
or “Currenc”), issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that effective August 15, 2025, Dr. Ronnie
Ka Wah Hui (“Dr. Hui”) stepped down as chief executive officer of the Company. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, dated as
of August 12, 2025, by and between Dr. Hui and the Company (the “Resignation Letter”), Dr. Hui will receive a severance payment
of $100,000, payable in equal installments of $50,000 on August 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025. Dr. Hui will also forfeit 288,421 unvested
ordinary shares of the Company. Dr. Hui’s resignation is not due to any disagreements with the Company on any matter related to
the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
On
August 16, 2025, Alexander King Ong Kong (“Mr. Kong”), Currenc’s founder and executive chairman of the board of directors,
assumed the chief executive officer position on the terms set forth in the Employment Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2025,
by and between the Mr. Kong and the Company, as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement,
dated as of August 15, 2025, by and between Mr. Kong and the Company (the “A&R Kong Employment Agreement”). Pursuant
to the A&R Kong Employment Agreement, Mr. Kong will receive an annual base salary of $450,000 and will be eligible to receive
an annual performance based bonus as well as receive options to purchase up to 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s ordinary shares
with an exercise price equal to 110% of the fair market value on the date of the grant (the “Equity Award”). Pursuant
to the terms of the A&R Kong Employment Agreement, the Company has agreed to seek shareholder consent for approval of the Equity
Award and, if no such consent can be obtained, to issue the Equity Award through multiple grants made pursuant to the terms of the Currenc
Group Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan.
The
foregoing descriptions of the Press Release, the Resignation Letter and the A&R Kong Employment Agreement are qualified in
their entirety by reference to the full text of the Press Release, Resignation Letter and the A&R Kong Employment Agreement,
copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 99.1, respectively, to this Report on Form 6-K.
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit
No. |
|
Description |
| 10.1 |
|
Letter Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2025, by and between Currenc Group, Inc. and Dr. Ronnie Ka Wah Hui |
| 10.2 |
|
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2025, by and between Currenc Group, Inc. and Alexander King Ong Kong |
| 99.1 |
|
Press Release of Currenc Group Inc. dated as of August 15, 2025 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date:
August 18, 2025
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CURRENC
GROUP INC. |
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By: |
/s/
Wan Lung Eng |
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Name:
|
Wan
Lung Eng |
| |
Title: |
Chief
Financial Officer |
