OPEC Fund provides $50M loan to Vietnam’s SeABank for small business and climate financing
The OPEC Fund for International Development has provided a $50 million loan to Vietnam's Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) to expand financing for small…
July 13, 2026
Singapore, Japan sign energy market cooperation agreement to strengthen regulatory exchange
Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Japan's Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission (EGC) will strengthen collaboration on energy market regulation, promote…
July 13, 2026
NewsMalaysiaChinaElectric Vehicles & Mobility
China’s Zeekr expands Malaysian dealer network to 11 outlets, targeting 18 by year-end
China's Zeekr has expanded its Malaysian dealer network by signing agreements with three new partners, namely Quantum Motors, Wheelcorp Premium, and Ghee Hua Co, bringing its…
July 13, 2026
Gobi Partners, Japan’s NTT to jointly connect Japanese enterprises with Southeast Asian startups
Gobi Partners, a pan-Asian investment firm managing $2 billion across more than 30 funds, and Japan's technology firm NTT will jointly explore opportunities in startup matching,…
July 13, 2026
Maybank expects demand from AI-related fields to remain strong in Singapore
Maybank Investment Bank expects demand from artificial intelligence (AI)-related fields to remain strong and should be the key growth driver of the semi-con sector in Singapore.
July 13, 2026
Gentari powers KLIA2 retail and lifestyle hub with solar energy
Malaysia-based clean energy solutions provider Gentari, through Gentari Renewables Sdn Bhd, has successfully deployed a 3.1 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar photovoltaic (PV) system at…
July 13, 2026
Malaysian banks move beyond AI trials, but gaps remain – AICB
44 percent of Malaysian banks and development financial institutions (DFIs) are in the developing stage of artificial intelligence (AI) readiness, having moved beyond…
July 13, 2026
Seviora, Churchill close $400M Collateralized Fund Obligation combining Asian and U.S. private capital strategies
Seviora Holdings Pte. Ltd., Temasek's main asset management platform, and Churchill Asset Management LLC, the U.S. asset management company of Nuveen Private Capital, have…
July 13, 2026
GIC bolsters leadership team as global investment landscape grows complex
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC has on last Friday announced changes to its senior management leadership team, which will come into effect on October 1, 2026.
July 13, 2026
NewsSingaporeFuture of WorkTelecommunications
France’s Thales, Signapore’s Singtel to jointly deploy world’s first multi-operator enterprise eSIM network for IoT across Asia Pacific
France's Thales, Singapore's Singtel, Optus, AIS, and Globe Telecom have deployed a multi-operator enterprise eSIM connectivity network for the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling…
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