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The central banks of India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines are working together to start an instant cross-border retail payments platform.

Jirnexu Sdn Bhd, the parent company of RinggitPlus, announced last Friday a strategic transaction to acquire CompareHero, the Malaysian arm of MoneyHero Limited.

In response to the cyberattack, Indonesia's state auditor said the president instructed it to examine the country's data centers.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the IFRS Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing on their strategic partnership to strengthen sustainable capital markets by improving sustainability and climate reporting in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs).

Singapore-based regional insurtech Igloo has shared strategies for insurers to attract Gen Z and boost insurance penetration.

The panelists shared their views on the most promising sectors in Southeast Asia, the future development of the tech ecosystem, among others. These investors also shared their views on several issues related to the tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia from a foreign investor's and a regional investor's point of view.

Kyndryl, the global information technology (IT) infrastructure services provider, has on Thursday announced the establishment of its first Mainframe Modernization Center of Excellence (CoE) in Malaysia working with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business arm of global technology company, Tencent, has on Thursday sealed a partnership with Nokia, a global provider of network infrastructure solutions, to support enterprises in Singapore and Asia Pacific as they level up their cloud and network infrastructure for the next phase of digital transformation.

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, announced Tuesday the extension of its collaboration with Sarawak Information Systems Sdn. Bhd. (SAINS), an information and communications technology (ICT) systems integrator and solutions provider in Sarawak of Malaysia.

Gulf Edge Company Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of Gulf Energy Development Public Company Limited, has teamed up with Google Cloud to deliver artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled Sovereign Cloud for Thailand.