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FOMO Pay taps Sumsub for compliance and fraud defence
Singapore-headquartered FOMO Pay has partnered with Sumsub to add verification, transaction monitoring and fraud-prevention capabilities across its expanding operations.
PLDT says AI agents save tens of thousands of work hours annually
PLDT says its internally developed AI agents are reducing manual work across enterprise sales, knowledge retrieval and risk management.
Sygnum brings Fidelity tokenized liquidity product to Singapore
Sygnum has made Fidelity International's first tokenized liquidity solution available to accredited and institutional investors in Singapore.
Vietnam can ease rare earth export ban, seeks to export deep-processed products
Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade has revised its draft rules on rare earth exports, moving the minerals from a "not permitted" list into the main export catalogue, but only for deeply processed products.
Southeast Asia tech funding jumps 176% to $13.5B, 3 deals drive growth: Tracxn
Funding of technology startups in Southeast Asia rose 176 percent to $13.5 billion in the first nine months of 2026, thanks to three mega deals, according to a report from data firm Tracxn.
Singapore’s digital economy reaches 19.3% of GDP as AI adoption deepens: IMDA
Singapore's Digital Economy grew to S$144.1 billion ($113 billion) in 2025, or 19.3 percent of the country's GDP, up from 18.8 percent in 2024.
Half of Asia-Pacific consumers open to stablecoins within 5 years: Visa
Nearly half of consumers in the Asia-Pacific region say they are likely to use stablecoins within five years, according to Consumer 360 study, a survey conducted by payments company Visa.
Singapore’s OneByZero raises $20M Series A from Jungle Ventures for enterprise AI
OneByZero, a Singapore-based company that deploys and manages AI systems inside large enterprises, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Jungle Ventures, also the venture fund's first outside funding.
WhatsApp introduces new parental controls for teens
WhatsApp is rolling out optional parental controls covering teen privacy settings, group alerts, Channels, Status and Meta AI while keeping messages end-to-end encrypted.
US’ First Solar sues China’s JA Solar, Vietnam unit over solar cell patent
The US-based solar cell maker First Solar has sued Chinese rival JA Solar and the US-based distributor American Panel Solutions, alleging they infringed its patent on making TOPCon solar cells
