Singapore establishes taskforce to strengthen cyber and technology resilience against AI-driven threats

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) announced Tuesday the establishment of the AI-Driven Cyber and Technology Risk Taskforce…

Japan’s ITOCHU, Vietnam’s FPT Software to jointly establish Global Tech Center for AI transformation

Japan's sogo shosha ITOCHU has established a Global Tech Center (GTC) and formed a partnership with FPT Software, the software contractor under Vietnam's technology giant FPT to…

Switzerland’s Cicor to acquire Malaysia factory of Singapore’s EDMI in $20M deal, targets $50Mmannual revenue

Switzerland's Cicor Group (SIX: CICN), a contract electronics manufacturer, will acquire EDMI Electronics Sdn. Bhd. in Johor, Malaysia, which is in turn a manufacturing subsidiary…

Malaysia’s Ministry of Digital, MDEC withdraw support for Malaysia Blockchain Week 2026

In a Linkedin post on Monday, MDEC said The Ministry of Digital and the agency are not involved in the planning, approval, or promotion of the Malaysia Blockchain Week 2026…

Malaysia’s Sime Darby Property sets up $640M green Sukuk program for data centers

Malaysia-based Sime Darby Property NEV (Holdings) Sdn. Bhd, a member of Sime Darby Property Berhad’s New Economy Venture (NEV) platform, has established a Sukuk Program of up to…

Singapore crypto payments firm Triple-A says own digital assets hit by unauthorized access

Singapore-based digital payments firm Triple-A said on Monday that it had detected unauthorized access to wallets containing the company's own digital assets, but stressed that…

Kaveh Wong of Xsolla Curine Academy on human creativity in the age of AI [Q&A]

Kaveh Wong, Co-Founder of Xsolla Curine Academy, discusses how AI is changing creative production, why human authorship remains commercially important, and how Southeast Asia can…

Singapore’s Psalion launches $50M fund for next wave of blockchain adoption

Singapore digital asset firm Psalion announced Monday the launch of its third and largest venture fund to date, a $50 million vehicle aimed at the next wave of blockchain…

US’s Apollo to invests $1.5B in Singapore’s Keppel offshore energy fund

The United States-based alternative asset manager Apollo (NYSE: APO) will invest $1.5 billion through Apollo-managed funds and affiliates into Keppel Ltd.'s Keppel Offshore Fund…

HSBC to open global AI center in Singapore in H2/2026, hiring 100 specialists

HSBC is establishing a Global AI Center of Excellence in Singapore in the second half of 2026, hiring more than 100 AI specialists to develop artificial intelligence (AI)…

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