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ASEAN Tech 3 min 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, fin... SA Sarah Chen 1 Jun Finance 4 min Nubank Posts $5 Billion Quarterly Revenue and 135 Million Customers as NuFormer AI Goes Live in Credit Decisioning Nu Holdings crossed $5 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time in Q1 2026, reported 135 million custom... DA Daniel Koh 1 Jun ASEAN Tech 8 min 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 bank... SA Sarah Chen 20 May Finance 4 min Western Union Picks Fireblocks for USDPT — Stablecoin Settlement Hits Remittance Rails First in Philippines and Bolivia On 4 May 2026 Western Union announced Fireblocks will power USDPT, the company's first U.S. dollar-backed stab... FI Finance Desk 18 May Finance 3 min Malaysia Fintech 2030 Launches Talent-Pipeline MoU at Money20/20 Asia in Bangkok The Fintech Association of Malaysia signed a memorandum with Manaf Gardner Associates at Money20/20 Asia on 2... FI Finance Desk 18 May AI & ML 9 min Anthropic Takes On Wall Street: Claude's 10 Financial AI Agents Signal the End of Manual Banking Workflows Anthropic unveiled 10 pre-built financial AI agent templates alongside Claude Opus 4.7, scoring industry-leadi... AI AI Tools Desk 8 May Finance 9 min PayPal's AI Reckoning: New CEO Cuts 4,760 Jobs and Bets $1.5 Billion on Machine-Led Transformation PayPal announced 4,760 job cuts (20% of workforce) as new CEO Enrique Lores restructures the company into thre... FI Finance Desk 8 May ASEAN Tech 8 min 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 tokenisat... JE Jeffrey Tan 8 May Finance 10 min Coinbase Joins PayPal in AI-Driven Job Cuts: Is the Great Fintech Workforce Reset Just Beginning? Coinbase (14% cuts) and PayPal (20% cuts) announced AI-driven workforce reductions on the same day, capping a... FI Finance Desk 8 May Finance 7 min The $860 Billion Agentic Commerce Opportunity: How AI Is Rewiring Global Payments From the Inside Out PayPal's $860B TAM estimate for its three new business units frames the scale of the agentic commerce opportun... FI Finance Desk 7 May ASEAN Tech 5 min 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. JE Jeffrey Tan 7 May ASEAN Tech 5 min 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 e... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 6 May Finance 5 min Bitcoin Breaks $80,000 at Consensus 2026 as ETF Inflows Hit $1.97 Billion in April Bitcoin broke $80,000 on May 4 as Consensus 2026 opened in Miami. April ETF inflows hit $1.97B — the strongest... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 5 May Finance 5 min 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... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 2 May Finance 5 min 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... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 2 May Finance 5 min 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. Her... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 1 May Finance 5 min 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, an... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 28 Apr Finance 5 min Malaysia Advances ASEAN's First 24/7 RTGS System — Here Is What It Means for Regional Payments Malaysia advanced ASEAN's first 24/7 Real-Time Gross Settlement system. Here is what this means for businesses... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 25 Apr Finance 5 min Singapore DBS Bank Cuts 3,000 Jobs — The AI Automation Reality in Financial Services Singapore banks reduced headcount by nearly 3,000 roles in 2025, with DBS accounting for most of the decline.... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 15 Apr Finance 4 min Stablecoin Market Hits $240 Billion — And Banks Are Starting to Issue Their Own The stablecoin market has crossed $240 billion as traditional banks begin issuing their own stablecoins. Here... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 10 Apr