42% of APAC enterprises to spend at least $1M on AI agents in next 12 months
Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are rapidly increasing investments in agentic AI, with 42 percent of organizations planning to allocate at least $1 million to AI agents…
Melazyme raises $2M seed round from Thailand-based SeaX to scale precision fermentation platform
Melazyme, a precision fermentation startup focused on functional biomolecules, has raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by SeaX Ventures, with participation from…
Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market to reach $289.8B by 2029 – study
The Southeast Asian ecommerce market is on a strong upward trajectory, with potential to reach $289.8 billion by 2029, from $156.3 billion in 2024, a study conducted by payments…
Maybank: Sea Q1 underscores durable growth momentum
Maybank Investment Bank sees Sea's first quarter results reinforce its ability to sustain high growth while deepening structural advantages in e-commerce, logistics and digital…
Vietnam can launch digital asset exchange in Q3 this year, says Deputy Minister
Vietnam’s digital asset exchange could begin official operations as early as the third quarter of 2026 under a pilot framework approved by the government, Deputy Minister of…
Amogy CEO Seonghoon Woo on the path from clean energy pilots to deployment [Q&A]
In this interview, Amogy CEO Seonghoon Woo examines how ammonia-based energy systems could move from technical validation to commercial deployment across distributed power,…
Ant Digital Technologies & RYT Bank win Best AI-Powered Customer Experience Award in Malaysia
The award recognises the joint achievement of both organisations in deploying enterprise-grade AI technology to deliver personalised, scalable financial services and bring…
APAC Banks lead global push into digital assets, but operational challenges remain
Financial institutions across Asia-Pacific are moving aggressively to build digital asset infrastructure, with custody and tokenized securities emerging as key priorities,…
Banks prepare for AI-human workforce as adoption accelerates: nCino survey
Most bankers expect artificial intelligence (AI) agents to become part of the workforce within the next five years, according to the “AI in Banking Benchmark” report released by…
Maybank sees data center infrastructure spending still accelerating in Malaysia
Data center infrastructure spending is still accelerating in Malaysia, with capacity pipeline in the country expected to reach 7.5GW over the next five to ten years, Maybank…
