Southeast Asia’s quick commerce reaches $7.3B in 2025 – Momentum Works

Southeast Asia's quick commerce gross merchandise value (GMV) reached $7.3 billion in 2025, equivalent to 4.6 percent of the region's ecommerce GMV but still less than 1 percent…

Singapore to undergo IAEA review on nuclear energy readiness

Starting in 2027, Singapore will undertake an assessment by international experts to determine the country’s ability to make an informed decision on the potential deployment of…

Singapore expands AI push through new national partnership with Google

Singapore and Google will jointly expand the deployment of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) across public services, research, education, and enterprise innovation.

Singapore-based East Ventures pushes emissions cut, expands sustainability across Southeast Asia

Singapore-based East Ventures has released its 2026 Sustainability Report, outlining the firm’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, investment impact, and…

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MAS, IBF roll out young talent program for AI in finance

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) have on Tuesday launched the Young Talent Program for AI in Finance (YTP-AIF), with plans to offer…

Zeekr emerges Malaysia’s top premium EV brand in Jan-Apr 2026

Zeekr Intelligent Technology Malaysia remained Malaysia’s top premium electric vehicle (EV) brand in the first four months 2026, according to vehicle registrations data from…

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The algorithm setting your settlement: How AI quietly decides insurance payouts, and what ASEAN regulators should do about it

Insurance is, in every developed market, a quasi-public good. It is regulated, subsidized at the edges, and central to economic resilience. When the adjudication layer of that…

V-GREEN partners with local authorities, businesses in the Philippines to advance EV infrastructure

V-GREEN, the Vietnam-based charging infrastructure development company, has signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the Provincial Government of Bataan and Clean Fuel, one…

TNB commissions Malaysia’s first grid-connected BESS

Malaysia's utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has on Monday commissioned the 100 megawatt (MW) / 400 megawatt-hour (MWh) Santong Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the…

Unlocking the AI supercycle: Why infrastructure will determine Asia’s AI future

Artificial intelligence has entered a phase of rapid, large-scale deployment, but without robust, secure, and high-performance infrastructure, its economic impact will be…