Asia

Swift and banks including DBS, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and IDFC FIRST Bank are exploring cross-border payments using mobile or email aliases.

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.

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.

Ant Group's Robbyant and the Arab Federation for Digital Economy have agreed to localize and deploy embodied-AI and robotics systems across Middle Eastern markets.

CtrlS Datacenters is deploying Ciena optical networking across five Indian metro networks linking nine data centers with up to 100 Tb/s of capacity.

PolyU and South Korea's Pseudo Lab held an applied-AI forum linking hospitality and tourism researchers with practitioners from Hong Kong and South Korea.

MIMS Group is expanding MIMS Pulse and eMIMS Plus across markets while growing its medical communications and AI-enabled content capabilities.

Alibaba DAMO Academy has published research on EAGLE for esophageal cancer screening and RADAR for broad abdominal CT interpretation. Both remain research systems rather than approved clinical products.

Vietnam's Can Tho has approved a 200-hectare high-tech park with estimated investment of $192.4 million to serve the Mekong Delta.

Asia-Pacific’s economic growth is expected to remain resilient as an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology export boom supports the region, although weak domestic demand in China, elevated energy prices and tighter US monetary policy pose risks, S&P Global Ratings said on Tuesday.