Singapore-based Sea Ltd seeks to expand to banking, financial services in Vietnam

Singapore-headquartered e-commerce and gaming giant Sea Ltd, known for e-commerce platform Shopee, plans to expand its operations in Vietnam into banking, financial services, and…

Lotte Ventures Vietnam launches $80,000 open innovation program to connect startups with corporate ecosystem

LOTTE Ventures Vietnam has launched L-CAMP Vietnam 2026, an open innovation program offering up to $80,000 in proof-of-concept grant funding to connect high-potential Vietnamese…

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AI agents in finance: How autonomous AI is reshaping the financial industry in 2026

AI agents will increasingly interact with each other across institutional boundaries - enabling new forms of automated interbank reconciliation, syndicated lending coordination,…

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Why grid readiness is becoming Southeast Asia’s next tech constraint

Southeast Asia’s digital economy is entering a more electricity-intensive phase. Grid readiness is now shaping how quickly AI infrastructure, data centers, EV supply chains, and…

Grab plans autonomous vehicles, delivery robots in Vietnam, pledges long-term investment

Grab, the Singapore-based superapp, plans to explore pilot programs for autonomous vehicles and delivery robots in Vietnam, said Chin Yin Ong, Chief Organization Capability…

KBank, Ant International team up on cross-border payments, liquidity management in Thailand

KASIKORNBANK (KBank) and Ant International have formed a strategic collaboration to jointly develop an integrated financial infrastructure for cross-border payments, liquidity…

CIMB, China Merchants Bank tie up to scale cross-border investment and trade across China-Malaysia-ASEAN

Malaysia-based lender CIMB Bank Berhad has recently signed a letter of intent (LOI) with China Merchants Bank Co., to establish a comprehensive framework that will leverage the…

UOB partners FPT to advance AI, technology transformation and financial innovation

Singapore-based bank UOB and Vietnam-based technology firm FPT have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore strategic collaboration opportunities in artificial…

ESR, Mitsubishi Estate Asia expand partnership with $503M prime Western Sydney logistics estate development

Singapore-based real estate investment firm ESR has established a new development partnership with Mitsubishi Estate Asia (MEA) to deliver a prime logistics estate at Huntingwood…

Singapore’s Temasek Foundation, Vietnam’s HCMC Financial Center, Touchstone Partners to collaborate in green transition

The Vietnam International Financial Center in Ho Chi Minh City (VIFC-HCMC), Vietnam's venture capital firm Touchstone Partners, and Singapore's Temasek Foundation will jointly…