Sixty-One Years Against the Odds. Majulah Singapura, and Go Beyond.
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Two MPs Asked What the Johor Rail Link Does to Singapore Retail. The Numbers Come Later
The government says the RTS Link brings net benefits and that its taskforce reports later this year. The projected effec...
Southeast Asia's Tech Funding More Than Doubled. Take Out One Data-Centre Company and It Shrank
The region raised $7.4 billion in the first half, against $3.2 billion a year earlier. One Singapore data-centre operato...
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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...
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...
Singapore Bets on Being AI's Neutral Ground — Just as US Chip Rules Put the Middle Under Scrutiny
As Singapore AI Week and SuperAI 2026 open with a pitch to be 'neutral ground' for a fracturing AI industry, fresh US ch...
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...
Singapore is spending to make 12,000 SMEs AI- and cyber-ready. Here is what they actually need.
IMDA has lined up Grab and RSM to bring AI training and cyber drills to 12,000 small businesses. I have built tools for...
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...
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...
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