ASEAN Tech Summit Convenes in Manila as the Region's Digital Trade Pact Heads for a November Signing
Organisers expected more than 4,000 delegates in Pasay City on 28–29 July, under the Philippine chairship. Negotiations...
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MAS's SAFR Framework Puts the Safeguard Where the Money Moves — At the Point an AI Agent Acts
Singapore's MAS and industry partners published SAFR on 3 July, a voluntary framework that governs AI agents in finance...
MAS Is Building an Institute to End the Pilot Era — Singapore's Bet That the Hard Part of Fintech Is Deployment
MAS announced on 25 June it will establish a Future of Finance Institute to move AI and tokenisation from experiments to...
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Igloo Buys Eazy Digital in Its Second Thailand Move in a Year — a Bet on Insurtech Consolidation
Singapore insurtech Igloo has acquired Eazy Digital, a Singapore-headquartered insurtech with operations across Thailand...
MAS Opens an AI-Themed 2026 Global FinTech Hackcelerator and SFF Excellence Awards
On 29 June 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore opened applications for the 2026 Global FinTech Hackcelerator and t...
Vietnam Calls for a Connected ASEAN Fintech Ecosystem at the AFF 2026 — but the Standards Are the Hard Part
At an ASEAN Future Forum 2026 seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam's Deputy PM Nguyen Van Thang urged the region to connect its fin...
Mastercard Switches On AI-Agent Payments in Singapore and Malaysia
Mastercard has taken agentic commerce live in its first two ASEAN markets, letting verified AI agents pay on a cardholde...
Sea's three engines fire at once: Shopee, Monee and Garena drive a 47 per cent revenue jump
Singapore's Sea Limited posted first-quarter revenue of US$7.1 billion, up 47 per cent, as its e-commerce, fintech and g...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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