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Southeast Asia’s quick commerce reaches $7.3B in 2025 – Momentum Works
Southeast Asia's quick commerce gross merchandise value (GMV) reached $7.3 billion in 2025, equivalent to 4.6 percent of the region's ecommerce GMV but still less than 1 percent of total retail, Momentum Works said Wednesday.
Singapore-based East Ventures pushes emissions cut, expands sustainability across Southeast Asia
Singapore-based East Ventures has released its 2026 Sustainability Report, outlining the firm’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, investment impact, and emissions reduction targets across Southeast Asia.
HSBC launches $4B credit facility supporting global expansion of China’s low carbon industries
HSBC has on Monday announced the launch of a dedicated credit facility of up to $4 billion in mainland China, designed to help its companies in the clean energy and low-carbon sectors scale internationally including in ASEAN and support decarbonization efforts across the value chain.
Inside Jetour’s dual-power strategy for Southeast Asia & beyond [Q&A]
In a recent interview with TNGlobal, Dai Lihong, President of JETOUR Auto, outlines how the brand’s “dual power” strategy — balancing internal combustion engines, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric vehicles — is evolving to meet the realities of diverse global markets. From the rollout of its Global Architecture for Intelligent All-road (GAIA) off-road…
Southeast Asia’s green economy is projected to reach $430B by 2030
Southeast Asia’s (SEA) green economy which is valued at approximately $290 billion today, is projected to reach $430 billion by 2030, a report said Monday.
Funding Societies, Boost Bank partner to expand property-backed business financing for SMEs in Malaysia
Singapore-headquartered digital financing platform Funding Societies and Malaysia’s homegrown digital lender Boost Bank have on Monday announced a strategic partnership to broaden access to property-backed business financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including asset-owning micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME)s and growing SMEs, in…
Sea, OpenAI launch APAC AI Hackathon series, starting in Singapore in June
Singapore technology giant Sea Ltd and OpenAI will launch the Sea x OpenAI Codex Hackathon in Singapore on June 6, 2026, marking the start of a regional hackathon series across the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan’s ENEOS to acquire Chevron fuel, lubricants businesses in APAC with a $2.17B deal
ENEOS Holdings will acquire American energy giant Chevron’s downstream fuels and lubricants businesses across several Asia-Pacific markets in a transaction valued at $2.17 billion.
Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market to reach $289.8B by 2029 – study
The Southeast Asian ecommerce market is on a strong upward trajectory, with potential to reach $289.8 billion by 2029, from $156.3 billion in 2024, a study conducted by payments platform 2C2P by Antom found Wednesday.
Maybank: Sea Q1 underscores durable growth momentum
Maybank Investment Bank sees Sea's first quarter results reinforce its ability to sustain high growth while deepening structural advantages in e-commerce, logistics and digital finance.
