SHOPLINE subsidiary secures in-principle approval for MPI from MAS

SHOPLINE, the global commerce platform, announced Thursday that it has received In-Principle Approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment…

CFM’s Climate Investor two fund closes at $1.07B, becoming the largest climate adaptation infrastructure fund in emerging markets

Climate Fund Managers (CFM), a climate-focused blended finance investment manager, announced Monday the final close of its second blended finance facility, Climate Investor Two…

TNGlobal Tracker: Southeast Asia (SEA) monthly funding snapshot – September 2025

The SEA Monthly Funding Tracker for September 2025 reflected a sharp rebound in funding across the region. Total funding for the month stood at $230.6 million across 10 rounds,…

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Why Southeast Asia’s payments journey still feels fragmented, and how smarter infrastructure can close the gap

The future of payments in Southeast Asia doesn’t hinge on any single innovation. It depends on whether we can align the systems, policies, and mindsets that shape how money moves.…

Malaysia’s KWAP launches Malaysia’s first climate-focused investment fund with target deployment of $470M

Malaysia's Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) [KWAP] has officially launched Dana Iklim+, Malaysia’s first climate-focused investment fund with a target deployment of MYR 2…

Southeast Asia FinTech startups funding falls 39 percent on year in first nine months – Tracxn

Southeast Asia’s FinTech sector raised a total of $839 million in the first nine months of 2025, marking a 39 percent decline compared to $1.4 billion a year ago and a 56 percent…

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From automation to augmentation: How AI redefines collaboration at the workplace

For Asia's organizations, the race to adopt AI and other technologies is nearly won. The next challenge—and the source of the region's true competitive advantage—will be mastering…

Singlife partners Salesforce to launch AI agent for customer service executives

Singapore homegrown financial services company Singlife announced Tuesday its collaboration with Salesforce, the world’s artificial intelligence (AI) customer relationship…

AI agents are gaining momentum in Singapore, but employees want clear boundaries – Workday

Workday, Inc., the global artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has on Wednesday released new global research that shows that while AI agents are gaining ground in the workplace…

AMD unveils rack-scale platform based on ORW introduced by Meta

American technology firm AMD has showcased a static display of its “Helios”, a rack scale platform which is developed based on the new Open Rack Wide (ORW) specification,…

Maxis partners Google Cloud for gen AI-powered conversational in-app assistant

Malaysian telecommunication firm Maxis has on Wednesday introduced Miya (Maxis Intelligence, Your Assistant), making it the first telco in Malaysia to launch a generative…

Vietnam’s e-commerce sector shows highest optimism in SEA despite facing region’s toughest regulatory hurdles – Blackbox

Vietnam’s e-commerce market is demonstrating the highest growth optimism in Southeast Asia, even as it navigates the region's most significant regulatory challenges, a new report…

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Beyond the grade: Why one founder bet her life savings to rethink education in Singapore

The next generation of leaders, educators, and parents will need to balance rigour with empathy, innovation with inclusion. The systems that once rewarded perfection must now make…

MRC and MGTC seal strategic partnership to accelerate net zero transition in Malaysia’s rubber industry

The Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC) and the Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation (MGTC) have on Wednesday formalized a strategic partnership through the…