TechNode Global Staff

Vietnam, one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing digital markets, is seeing its e-commerce seller economy expand at breakneck speed, driven by a young, digitally fluent generation of entrepreneurs - but the ecosystem supporting them is struggling to keep pace, according to a new study by leading consumer research firm Milieu Insight.

Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), Malaysia’s focal point agency for startup ecosystem under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), has formalized a strategic collaboration with United Kingdom-based strategy consulting firm, wippd ltd, under the Cradle Innovation Advisory (CIA) initiative.

Analysts have foreseen risk-fraught recovery for Malaysia's technology sector in 2026, despite positive global growth tailwinds and improving second half (2025) revenue growth momentum amongst domestic backend players.

Maybank Investment Bank sees ASEAN riding on artificial intelligence (AI) boom in next two years because AI capital expenditure (capex) is booming in the region as global tech giants race to invest in chips, data centers and equipment, fueling Asia’s tech exports, energy demand, construction.

Ant International, HSBC and Swift have on Wednesday completed a successful Proof of Concept (POC) for the cross-border transfer of tokenized deposits using ISO 20022 standards.

ESET, a global cybersecurity solutions firm, highlighted that Malaysia is entering a new era of artificial intelligence (AI) powered social engineering.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an India-based information technology (IT) services firm, announced Thursday the launch of a Google Cloud Gemini Experience Center (GEC) in Singapore.

Capital A Berhad and Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad announced Friday the signing of a letter of intent (LOI) to jointly explore the development and testing of a Ringgit (MYR)-denominated stable coin through the Digital Asset Innovation Hub (DAIH) under Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

Vietnamese insurtech startup Saladin has raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding round led by SBI Ven Capital through its joint fund with Kyobo Securities from South Korea and NTUitive from Singapore.

Vietnam-based information technology (IT) services provider FPT, through its subsidiary in Japan, and the Japanese tech firm SCSK Corporation (SCSK) have announced the establishment of a joint venture named COBOL PARK Co., Ltd. (COBOL PARK), to address legacy system challenges.