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With the inclusion principle integrated into main innovation projects, Ant International now links 2 billion user accounts with 150 million merchants through multi-layered partnerships, provides global account services to 1.6 million SMEs, and helps over 30 million underserved businesses and individuals access quality credit.

Global investment firms Brookfield and GIC have on last Friday announced the financial close of their acquisition of National Storage REIT (NSR), Australia and New Zealand’s largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is mobilizing $50 billion by 2035 through new financing tools, policy support, and partnerships to help countries build cross-border power grids across some of the world’s most complex regions, aiming to lower energy costs, strengthen reliability, and expand clean energy trade, ADB President Masato Kanda said on Tuesday.

Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands will invest up to $10 million in selected early-stage projects building on its AI agent platform, known as “Minds.”

Global spending on digital identity verification will increase by 55 percent between 2026 and 2030, rising from just under $19 billion in 2026, according to a new study by the United Kingdom-based Juniper Research.

This year’s summit will convene a powerful convergence of global capital and industry leaders, including: 900+ top-tier international investors, 150+ Asian tech giants, and 200+ unicorn founders and executives—all gathering to explore global technology investment trends, industrial transformation, and the next wave of growth opportunities.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan announced Monday a new joint initiative to support countries and businesses in Asia and the Pacific facing rising energy prices, while accelerating the transition to more resilient and sustainable energy systems.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will back $70 billion in new energy and digital infrastructure initiatives by 2035, aiming to connect power grids, expand cross-border electricity trade, and improve broadband access across Asia and the Pacific.

Huawei Digital Power has launched its FusionSolar9.0 Smart PV & ESS solution in Malaysia, marking a major shift from conventional solar systems to intelligent, grid-stabilising and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven energy infrastructure, boosting Malaysia‘s transition toward more intelligent,resilient and sustainable energy systems.

AirTrunk, the Australia-based hyperscale data center platform, has announced plans to invest MYR 12 billion ($3 billion) to develop two new data centers in Malaysia, to be called JHB3 and JHB4.