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DBS and Citi partner to enable instant cross-border USD payments with tokenized deposits
Singapore-based banking group DBS and US lender Citi have teamed up to enable instant cross-border USD payments with tokenized deposits.
Adyen partners Limitless Technology to streamline payment infrastructure
Adyen, the global financial technology platform, has announced its partnership with Limitless Technology Group, a gifting e-commerce firm headquartered in Melbourne, to streamline the firm’s payment infrastructure across its portfolio of brands and markets.
Matrade, DNeX forge strategic collaboration to advance digital trade facilitation for Malaysian businesses
The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) and Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX) have formalized a strategic collaboration through the signing of a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to strengthen trade facilitation and accelerate the adoption of digital trade solutions among Malaysian businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises…
Data center boom drives structural LNG demand in Southeast Asia, while South Asia remains out of reach – Wood Mackenzie
The hyperscale data center boom sweeping Asia is generating materially divergent outcomes for liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand across the region, with Southeast Asia emerging as a compelling new demand driver while South Asia remains structurally out of reach for gas, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie revealed on Monday.
France’s Mistral raises €3B led by Samsung in largest European tech funding round
France's Mistral, an AI platform for enterprises, has raised €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in a Series D round led by South Korea's Samsung Electronics, in the largest equity funding round by a European technology company.
Southeast Asia content commerce to reach $77.9B in 2026 as live goes mainstream – Momentum Works
Southeast Asia’s content commerce gross merchandise value (GMV) is on track to reach $77.9 billion in 2026, as live, short video and content-focused affiliates become a core part of the region's ecommerce mix, according to Momentum Works’ latest report, Live Commerce in Southeast Asia 2026.
Students avoiding AI for schoolwork outscore peers in science: OECD
Fifteen-year-olds reporting they never or almost never used artificial intelligence (AI) for schoolwork outscored their AI-using peers in science on nearly every type of task, except for utilizing AI as a general study aid, according to the PISA result conducted by the OECD.
Malaysia’s Yinson GreenTech secures second Hydromover commercial charter in Singapore
MarinEV, the marine electrification business of Yinson GreenTech, has marked another milestone in the commercial adoption of electric harbour craft in Singapore, securing a one-year bareboat charter with HHH Marine & Logistics (HHH Marine) for Hydromover 1.0, marking its second Hydromover commercial charter in Singapore.
Vietnam seeks to halt rare wolfram export
Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade suggested that wolfram (tungsten) is off the list of minerals permitted for export in the current period, without details of the length of the "current period."
AI to push Asia-Pacific data center capacity from 32 to 57 GW by 2030: JLL
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data-center expansion can double Asia-Pacific data-center capacity by 2030, from 32 GW to 57 GW, and can pressure power grids worldwide, in a "generational shift" in electricity demand.
