Singapore
Japan’s SBI, Singapore’s Startale join Open Standard to explore yen-dollar stablecoin link with JPYSC, OUSD
SBI Holdings, the Japanese financial services group, and Startale Group, a Singapore-registered Web3 infrastructure developer, have joined Open Standard, an alliance backing the U.S. dollar stablecoin Open USD (OUSD).
San Francisco-based Horizon3 opens ASEAN headquarters in Singapore, backed by SG Growth Capital
Horizon3, a U.S. security company that sells AI-driven proactive testing software, will establish its ASEAN headquarters and a regional center of excellence in Singapore.
Singapore’s Aolani plans up to 500MW of AI data center capacity in Malaysia
Aolani, a Singapore-founded neocloud artificial intelligence (AI) firm, announced Monday it has signed Letters of Intent to take up 500 megawatt (MW) of AI data center capacity in Malaysia.
India’s Pine Labs sees Singapore as template for Southeast Asia’s unified payment push [Q&A]
Pine Labs has launched a unified payments platform in Singapore, combining payment acceptance, acquiring, installment payments, and customer engagement for merchants.
Google DeepMind, GovTech Singapore jointly develop on-device model to flag chat scams
Google DeepMind and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) have developed a scam-detection model that runs on smartphones and analyzes conversations without sending message content to external servers.
Tech firms demonstrate cross-platform trust for AI agents
GoDaddy, Infoblox, Google, Cloudflare and Singapore's IMDA have demonstrated an open trust architecture for cross-platform AI-agent transactions.
As AI moves deeper into auto finance, trust and connectivity take center stage
At AIMCONNECT 2026 in Singapore, industry leaders explored what it will take to make smarter mobility and financing work for consumers. Artificial intelligence is moving beyond answering customer questions and suggesting products. In automotive finance, the bigger opportunity lies in connecting the many decisions between an initial enquiry and a completed…
Fintech KPay gains Major Payment Institution licence in Singapore, adds online payments
KPay Merchant Service (Singapore), a subsidiary of fintech KPay Group, was granted a Major Payment Institution licence by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
Drylab raises $3M seed round to build AI research agents
Drylab AI, an autonomous agent platform for life sciences research, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, with participation from PatSnap.
US-based Anthropic opens Singapore office, signs MOU with the Singapore government
US-based AI company Anthropic announced Wednesday it is expanding its Asia-Pacific operations by opening a new office in Singapore — its fifth in the region—and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Singapore Ministry of Digital Development and Information.
