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CIMB Group, through CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad, has completed a pilot to test the settlement of tokenized sukuk using tokenized deposits in a controlled environment.

Techsauce Global Summit 2026, an international technology and business conference organized by Thailand's Techsauce Media, opened in Bangkok on Wednesday under the theme "The Race to the Next."

Boost Bank, Malaysia’s homegrown digital bank and Parkson Credit Sdn Bhd have formed a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the adoption of digitally-enabled banking and financing solutions across Malaysia.

Southeast Asian markets were among the strongest performers worldwide for e-commerce app growth in the first half of 2026, led by Singapore, with installs of shopping apps in the city-state up 67 percent year-on-year.

South Korea plans a fund backed by semiconductor tax gains to finance AI, chip clusters and talent while buffering public finances from industry cycles.

Thailand says electronics investment has exceeded $30.5 billion since 2023, including $10.1 billion across 224 PCB and component projects.

SenseTime reported its first IFRS profit since listing as generative AI revenue rose, although investment gains helped the result and adjusted losses continued.

PT Infra Fiber Teknologi has launched RAIA Grid, an open-access Indonesian fiber platform with a claimed 86,000-kilometer footprint.

China's electronics group TCL plans to raise its total investment in Vietnam to $590 million by 2027, from $310 million at the moment, the Vietnamese government said Wednesday, regarding at meeting between TCL leadership and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc.

The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) have on Wednesday launched a public consultation to seek feedback on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on Singapore’s intellectual property (IP) regime.