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News,Electric Vehicles & Mobility,Malaysia
Maybank sees electric vehicles adoption continues to accelerate in Indonesia
Maybank Investment Bank said on Thursday that growing electric vehicles (EV) adoption should continue to support industry volumes into the second half of 2026.
September 18, 2026
News,FinTech,Singapore,Blockchain / Crypto
Partior, LSEG DiSH develop 24/7 multi-bank liquidity framework
Partior and LSEG DiSH are developing a multi-settlement-bank liquidity framework for round-the-clock cross-border payments, with production targeted from Q1 2027.
September 18, 2026
News,FinTech,Singapore,Philippines
HitPay launches CFO Stack with B2B virtual accounts in Singapore, Philippines
HitPay has launched CFO Stack, starting with Virtual Accounts for B2B collections in Singapore and the Philippines, with supplier payments and other finance tools planned.
September 18, 2026
Tencent Cloud, AI Singapore launch industry AI hackathon with DBS, Keppel and others
Tencent Cloud and AI Singapore have launched a Singapore hackathon with DBS, Keppel, Aspire, Ryde and NTU LKCMedicine providing real-world agentic AI challenges.
September 18, 2026
News,Malaysia,SEA,Transportation
AirAsia’s Fernandes refutes report that AirAsia needs government bailout – report
The media briefing came two days after Reuters reported, quoting sources, that Malaysia's government had asked Malaysia Airlines and Batik Air whether they could absorb AirAsia's domestic market share.
September 18, 2026
Anthropic to open first Southeast Asia office in Singapore in October
Anthropic will open a Singapore office in October, its first in Southeast Asia and fifth in APAC, with local hiring planned across several functions.
September 18, 2026
China’s AI build-out will first enrich a handful of cities – S&P
China’s push to develop artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to benefit regions best equipped to support AI infrastructure and related services, while other parts of the country may have to wait for wider economic spillovers, S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday.
September 18, 2026
News,Electric Vehicles & Mobility,Singapore
Alphabet’s Waymo to launch robotaxis in Singapore by 2028
Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo will launch a fully autonomous, all-electric ride-hailing service in Singapore by 2028, its first market in Southeast Asia.
September 18, 2026
News,Deep Tech,India,Asia,Corporate Innovation
Nexperia and Tata Electronics deepen India’s semiconductor manufacturing push
Nexperia and Tata Electronics have formed a broad semiconductor partnership covering wafer fabrication, assembly, testing, technology development and supply resilience in India.
September 18, 2026
News,China,AI,Enterprise,Asia,Deep Tech
Huawei unveils million-processor architecture as it accelerates AI chip roadmap
Huawei has unveiled its Peerium architecture for linking up to one million processors while accelerating its next-generation Ascend AI chip roadmap.
September 18, 2026












