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J&T Express Q3 parcel volume rises 24.8% to 9.58 billion
J&T Express said it handled 9.58 billion parcels worldwide during the third quarter of 2026, an increase of 24.8 percent year over year.The Hong Kong-listed logistics provider reported an average daily parcel vo
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).
Malaysia’s digital wealth platform Cashku adds Muamalat Invest Shariah funds
Cashku, a Malaysian digital wealth platform that describes itself as AI-native, has partnered with fund management Muamalat Invest to widen its range of Shariah-compliant investment products.
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.
[HK Special Report] Foxconn-backed Robocore sets sights on global expansion & potential IPO
In an interview with TNGlobal, Robocore Founder and CEO Roy Lim discussed the economics of scaling service robotics, the case for Robot-as-a-Service, and how Foxconn’s manufacturing expertise could help turn deployments into a repeatable global business. He also assessed Hong Kong’s strengths and shortcomings as a technology hub, including the need to…
Rubrik’s Ananth Nag on permission boundaries and recovery for agentic AI [Q&A]
Rubrik APAC leader Ananth Nag discusses agent identity, MCP attack surfaces, human approval, auditability and recovery as AI agents enter security workflows.
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.
How AI is accelerating the next generation of leaders
Christian Schmitz argues that AI is compressing the experience curve for younger professionals and forcing companies to rethink how they identify, develop and promote future leaders.
Vietnam should review foreign-ownership caps, citing Western firms’ past regrets over JV
Many Western companies have significant regret about "entering a certain other very large country" through joint ventures and Vietnam should revise its foreign ownership limit.
Malaysia’s VentureTECH invest in Hana Medicare & AgriData Portal
The investments support the broader aspirations of the Thirteenth Malaysia Plan (RMK13) and the Bumiputera Economic Transformation Plan 2035 (PuTERA35) to strengthen strategic industries, develop homegrown capabilities and enable more Bumiputera companies to participate in high-growth, high-value (HGHV) sectors.
