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Animoca Brands has completed a live pilot of AI-powered commerce capabilities developed in collaboration with Visa, enabling AI agents on its Minds platform to identify relevant Visa rewards and complete purchases on behalf of users at selected merchants in Hong Kong.

Thailand has approved nine major investment projects worth a combined $1.99 billion across artificial intelligence (AI), advanced electronics, aviation, clean energy, and food, as global manufacturers reposition supply chains across Southeast Asia.

In an AI-driven world, organizations must go beyond data residency to achieve full data sovereignty to unlock their economic value. By identifying sensitive data and workloads where control is crucial, and building gradually, they can operationalize sovereignty and remain competitive.   

Nium, a cross-border payments infrastructure company co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, has acquired Cypher, a crypto-native non-custodial wallet and issuing company backed by Y Combinator and Coinbase Ventures.

The four East Asian markets generated an estimated $38.6 billion in food delivery platform gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2025, Momentum Works said Wednesday.

A.P. Moller Capital and Ayala Corporation announced Tuesday the completion of the strategic investment by A.P. Moller Capital – Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund II in AC Logistics Holdings Corporation (AC Logistics), marking a significant milestone in the development of a leading integrated logistics provider in the Philippines.

Xendit, Indonesian payments infrastructure company, announced Wednesday the integration of Dragonpay Corporation, the Philippines’ alternative payments platfomr.

B Capital, a global multi-stage investment firm, announced Monday the final close of B Capital Ascent Fund III, L.P. at its hard cap of $500 million in aggregate capital commitments.

The net portfolio value of Singapore's global investment company Temasek reached S$518 billion ($400.3 billion) as at March 31, 2026, representing a doubling of its portfolio over the past decade.

Malaysia's Zetrix AI Berhad group will establish as the underlying protocol for the Philippines' public blockchain infrastructure, marking the second country after Malaysia to adopt Zetrix as a sovereign-grade blockchain platform.