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Ant International and Alipay are the largest player in the CPG scheme with the largest number of card network and wallet partners, the broadest use cases and largest business volume.

Google Cloud announced Wednesday the launch of Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open protocol developed with leading payments and technology companies to securely initiate and transact agent-led payments across platforms, with with over 60 Southeast Asia ecosystem players.

UltraGreen.ai (UltraGreen), a Singapore-based fluorescence-guided surgical technologies and precision healthcare solutions provider, announced Monday the signing of a $188 million strategic investment led by 65 Equity Partners (65EP) and Vitruvian Partners (Vitruvian).

Singapore-based deep tech startup Atomionics has received a $12.7 million Pre-Series A round to rapidly scale its quantum gravimetry sensors for mineral discovery.

JLand Group, the real estate and infrastructure arm of Malaysia-based Johor Corporation (JCorp) and Japan-based integrated trading and investment group Sumitomo Corporation, have teamed up to advance sustainable innovation in Johor’s Ibrahim Technopolis (IBTEC).

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is investing $200 million in Vietnam Prosperity Joint−Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) bond, which will significantly expand the bank's lending to smaller businesses, especially women entrepreneurs, and create tens of thousands of jobs, while also supporting climate‑friendly projects.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast Auto Ltd. has announced its preliminary domestic Vietnam deliveries of 10,922 electric vehicles (EVs) in August 2025.

While Malaysia is positioning itself as ASEAN’s leading data center hub, Hong Leong Investment Bank Research said it must balance attracting investors with enforcing credible sustainability standards.

Maybank Investment Bank has foreseen artificial intelligence (AI) demand to spur neocloud race in ASEAN.

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial heart of the National University of Singapore (NUS), announced Tuesday two major co-investment partnerships and an international education initiative to strengthen Singapore’s role as a global innovation hub for deep tech.