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Swift tests pay-by-alias cross-border payments with global banks
Swift and banks including DBS, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and IDFC FIRST Bank are exploring cross-border payments using mobile or email aliases.
EHang-backed Hanoi sandbox to test pilotless aircraft taxi
Hanoi's Department of Science and Technology and Vietnam-based HungViet have signed an agreement to pursue a controlled regulatory sandbox for EHang's pilotless EH216-S electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (taxiing, flying taxi) at Hoa Lac High-Tech Park.
AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li’s AI startup World Labs for $8.2B
AMD will acquire World Labs, an AI model and research lab led by Fei-Fei Li, for $8.2 billion, the company said in a statement on Monday.
Japan’s Kawaijuku invests in Vietnamese VC fund Do Ventures to expand in education
KJ Holdings, the holding company of Japanese education group Kawaijuku, has invested in Do Ventures Fund II, a fund run by a Vietnamese venture-capital firm, as it looks to build education businesses in Vietnam.
Samsung invests $1B in KKR’s AI-infrastructure firm Helix, joining NVIDIA, Vistra
South Korea's Samsung and five affiliates will invest a combined $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, an AI-infrastructure company set up by private-equity firm KKR.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to invest $4.9B in AI-chip substrates, including $1.8B for Vietnam
South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics will invest KRW6.78 trillion won ($4.9 billion) to expand production of chip-packaging substrates in South Korea and Vietnam, its biggest bet yet on components for AI processors.
Singapore’s Ropedia opens physical-AI data platform to academic researchers worldwide
Ropedia, a Singapore-based physical-AI startup spun out of Nanyang Technological University, has launched a program giving academic researchers access to its wearable data-capture device.
YCO Cloud and Aolani plan 10,000-GPU Philippines AI cluster
YCO Cloud and Aolani plan to deploy more than 10,000 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs in the Philippines, with an initial launch targeted for early 2027.
Johnson Controls joins NUS tropical data center testbed for AI infrastructure
Johnson Controls has joined NUS' Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed 2.0 to study AI-ready infrastructure under real-world tropical conditions.
Skyro secures Malaysia moneylending licence, plans cash-loan launch
Skyro has obtained a Malaysian moneylending licence and plans to launch cash loans, making Malaysia its second Southeast Asian market after the Philippines.
