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Primer raises $100M to expand AI-driven payments platform, Southeast Asia-focused Peak XV joins
London-based Primer, a global payment facilitator, has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round as the company expands its AI-enabled payments and finance infrastructure platform.
May 20, 2026
TDK to acquire Malaysia’s lithium-ion rechargeable batteries firm Linergy Power at $240M
Japanese electronics firm TDK will acquire 100 percent of the ordinary shares of Malaysia's lithium-ion rechargeable batteries firm Linergy Power Sdn Bhd at $240 million.
May 20, 2026
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.
May 20, 2026
Singapore to undergo IAEA review on nuclear energy readiness
Starting in 2027, Singapore will undertake an assessment by international experts to determine the country’s ability to make an informed decision on the potential deployment of advanced nuclear energy technologies in the future, its government agencies said Tuesday.
May 20, 2026
Singapore expands AI push through new national partnership with Google
Singapore and Google will jointly expand the deployment of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) across public services, research, education, and enterprise innovation.
May 20, 2026
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.
May 20, 2026
MAS, IBF roll out young talent program for AI in finance
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) have on Tuesday launched the Young Talent Program for AI in Finance (YTP-AIF), with plans to offer more than 1,000 internship and traineeship positions through structured programs over the next year starting from August.
May 19, 2026
News,Malaysia,Electric Vehicles & Mobility
Zeekr emerges Malaysia’s top premium EV brand in Jan-Apr 2026
Zeekr Intelligent Technology Malaysia remained Malaysia’s top premium electric vehicle (EV) brand in the first four months 2026, according to vehicle registrations data from Malaysia’s Road Transport Department (JPJ) as of April 2026.
May 19, 2026
TNGlobal Insider,Opinion,AI,InsurTech
The algorithm setting your settlement: How AI quietly decides insurance payouts, and what ASEAN regulators should do about it
Insurance is, in every developed market, a quasi-public good. It is regulated, subsidized at the edges, and central to economic resilience. When the adjudication layer of that public good is privatized into opaque software, the social contract underneath insurance erodes regardless of whether any specific outcome is "wrong."
May 19, 2026
News,Electric Vehicles & Mobility,Vietnam
V-GREEN partners with local authorities, businesses in the Philippines to advance EV infrastructure
V-GREEN, the Vietnam-based charging infrastructure development company, has signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the Provincial Government of Bataan and Clean Fuel, one of the independent fuel companies in the Philippines, to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging and battery swapping infrastructure in high-traffic areas across the provinces of…
May 19, 2026












