Tonik Becomes First Standalone Digital Bank in the Philippines to Turn Profitable
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Thailand's First Virtual Bank Licence Goes to CLICX — KTB, AIS, and OR Joint Venture Launches 19 June
Thailand's first virtual bank licence has been issued: CLICX — the KTB, AIS, and OR joint venture — received its operati...
Grab Takes Majority Control of Indonesia's Superbank as Singtel Transfers Its Stake to GXS
Grab Holdings will consolidate Indonesia's Superbank — a six-million-customer digital lender with IDR 24 trillion in ass...
Vietnam Proposes Crypto and Digital Assets as SME Loan Collateral in $144 Billion Credit Market
Vietnam's Ministry of Finance is consulting on draft legislation that would let SMEs pledge digital assets, virtual asse...
IBPAP to Revise Philippines IT-BPM Roadmap as AI Outpaces 2022 Assumptions
IBPAP announced at the National AI & Skills Summit on 1 June 2026 that its 2022 industry roadmap — which projects US...
Hong Kong's First Astronaut Is a Police Computer-Forensics PhD — and She's Now Aboard China's Tiangong Station
When Shenzhou-23 lifted off on 24 May 2026, one of the three people aboard was Lai Ka-ying — a serving Hong Kong Police...
Singapore Orders Critical-Infrastructure Cybersecurity Reviews as Frontier AI Cuts Exploit Development From Months to Hours
On 5 May 2026, Singapore CSA formally wrote to CII boards requiring AI-resilient cybersecurity reviews — citing the new...
MAS Issues Binding GenAI Banking Guidelines — Five-Bank Sandbox, Cross-Border Implications for ASEAN Finance
The Monetary Authority of Singapore published its long-awaited binding guidelines on generative AI use by banks on Tuesd...
Grab Rolls Out ML Dispatch v3 Across Six SEA Markets — Driver Earnings Up 4%, Indonesia Drivers Cry Foul
Grab's revamped dispatch system began rolling across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam o...
Southeast Asian Airlines Enter an AI Transformation Era as Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and Scoot Modernise Cabins and Operations
Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Thai Airways, and Scoot have all announced cabin upgrades and o...
Singapore's Semiconductor Firms Eye US Expansion as AI Boom Reshapes Global Chip Supply Chains
Singaporean semiconductor companies are establishing US operations to capture AI chip supply chain opportunities, spurre...
ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers Chart Unified Cross-Border Payment Future as Tokenisation Emerges as Next Frontier
The 29th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers' Meeting endorsed connected cross-border payment architecture and tokenisation, with...
From Johor to the World: How the JS-SEZ Is Becoming Southeast Asia's AI Infrastructure Powerhouse
The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone is rapidly evolving into Southeast Asia's primary AI infrastructure cluster, d...
Singapore Launches Southeast Asia's First National AI Safety Framework
Singapore's IMDA has unveiled a comprehensive national AI safety framework, the first in Southeast Asia.
The Malaysia-Singapore Digital Economy Framework — Cross-Border Business Gets Easier
ASEAN perspective on The Malaysia-Singapore Digital Economy Framework — Cross-Border Business Gets Ea. Technical analysi...
Indonesia PDP Law Six Months In — What Enforcement Looks Like on the Ground
Indonesia PDP Law Six Months In — What Enforcement Looks Like on the Ground. Technical analysis, regional impact, and ex...
The Philippines National Cybersecurity Plan 2028 — Goals That Exceed Current Budget
The Philippines National Cybersecurity Plan 2028 — Goals That Exceed Current Bud. Technical analysis, regional impact, a...
Vietnam Is Building a National AI Research Ecosystem With 50 Million USD in Funding
ASEAN perspective on Vietnam Is Building a National AI Research Ecosystem With 50 Million USD in Fund. Technical analysi...
Indonesia's Digital Economy Hits $90 Billion — And SMEs Are Finally Getting Their Share
Indonesia's digital economy reached $90 billion in 2025 and is accelerating in 2026, with SME fintech access expanding r...
ASEAN Fintech Is Moving From Pilot to Platform — And 99% of Regional Firms Stand to Benefit
New data from the World Economic Forum and Money20/20 Asia show ASEAN's fintech sector has reached an inflection point:...
ASEAN Data Centre Boom: 15 New Facilities Announced in 2026 as AI Demand Surges
15 new data centre facilities were announced across ASEAN in 2026 as AI compute demand surges. Here is what this infrast...
Singapore Developers Report 40% Productivity Gains From AI Coding — But Security Reviews Are Becoming the Bottleneck
A survey of Singapore-based developers finds that AI coding assistants are delivering substantial productivity improveme...
Vietnam Emerges as ASEAN's New Tech Manufacturing Hub as China+1 Strategies Mature
Vietnam is consolidating its position as ASEAN's leading tech manufacturing hub as China+1 strategies mature. Here is wh...
Singapore Tops ASEAN Digital Competitiveness for 15th Year — But AI Skills Gap Widens
Singapore topped ASEAN digital competitiveness rankings for the 15th consecutive year in 2026, but a widening AI skills...
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