FINANCE · 2 May 2026 —
Visa Launches "Agentic Ready" Programme in Singapore as Stablecoin Settlements Hit $7 Billion Annually
Visa has launched its Agentic Ready programme with 13 Singapore issuers to prepare banks for AI-agent payments, while it...
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DEVELOPER TOOLS · 2 May 2026 —
The SaaS Business Model Is Under Threat — And Agentic AI Is Why
IDC predicts 70% of software vendors will abandon seat-based pricing by 2028 as AI agents replace human users. Here is w...
FINANCE · 2 May 2026 —
Robinhood Gets MAS Approval for Singapore — What It Means for Retail Investors
Robinhood received in-principle approval from MAS to launch brokerage services in Singapore. Here is what this means for...
AI & ML · 1 May 2026 —
Open Source AI Is Closing the Gap — A 7B Model Now Does What a 70B Model Did One Year Ago
The latest AI trends data shows open-weight models from Meta, Mistral, and Alibaba's Qwen are matching or exceeding prop...
AI & ML · 1 May 2026 —
Claude Sonnet Leads Real-World Web Agent Benchmark — But Only Completes 1 in 3 Tasks
A new benchmark called ClawBench tests AI agents on 153 real tasks across 144 live production websites — booking appoint...
FINANCE · 1 May 2026 —
Western Union's USD Stablecoin Is Coming in May 2026 — What ASEAN Remittance Senders Need to Know
Western Union is launching a USD-backed stablecoin in May 2026 for faster, cheaper cross-border transfers. Here is what...
ASEAN TECH · 1 May 2026 —
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...
ASEAN TECH · 30 Apr 2026 —
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...
CYBERSECURITY · 30 Apr 2026 —
Ransomware Attacks on ASEAN Healthcare Hit Record High in Q1 2026
Ransomware attacks on ASEAN healthcare organisations hit a record high in Q1 2026. Here is what hospital IT teams and he...
AI & ML · 30 Apr 2026 —
Meta AI Reaches 1 Billion Users — But Earns Just 10 Cents Per Head
Meta AI reached 1 billion monthly active users but earns just $0.10 per user. Here is what Meta's AI strategy means for...
AI & ML · 28 Apr 2026 —
OpenAI Raises $4B for The Deployment Company — The Business of Selling AI to Enterprises Has Arrived
OpenAI raised over $4B for The Deployment Company, a new JV helping businesses adopt OpenAI tools. Here is what this mea...
FINANCE · 28 Apr 2026 —
Singapore CPF Investment Returns Hit 10-Year High — What Savers Need to Know in 2026
Singapore CPF investment returns hit a 10-year high in 2025. Here is what CPF members, SRS account holders, and retail i...
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