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Singapore-based digital payments firm Triple-A said on Monday that it had detected unauthorized access to wallets containing the company's own digital assets, but stressed that customer funds were not affected and all services had returned to normal.

Kaveh Wong, Co-Founder of Xsolla Curine Academy, discusses how AI is changing creative production, why human authorship remains commercially important, and how Southeast Asia can build original IP and studio-ready talent.

Singapore digital asset firm Psalion announced Monday the launch of its third and largest venture fund to date, a $50 million vehicle aimed at the next wave of blockchain adoption.

The United States-based alternative asset manager Apollo (NYSE: APO) will invest $1.5 billion through Apollo-managed funds and affiliates into Keppel Ltd.'s Keppel Offshore Fund (KOF), a portfolio of offshore energy assets managed by Singapore's Keppel (SGX: BN4).

HSBC is establishing a Global AI Center of Excellence in Singapore in the second half of 2026, hiring more than 100 AI specialists to develop artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for deployment across its global network.

Singapore’s agentic AI ambitions depend on whether businesses can consistently verify AI-generated code. A layered approach combining deterministic analysis, AI-assisted review, automated testing and human oversight can help teams balance speed, security and accountability.

Maybank Investment Bank said Monday that it sees Singapore's largest mobile network operator a communications technology group Singtel as a long-term beneficiary of Physical AI in ASEAN, while its data centers, GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) offering and connectivity assets position it well to capture near-term growth from digital artificial intelligence (AI).

ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said Monday it is projecting the ASEAN+3 region to grow by 4.1 percent in 2026, up from its June forecast of 4 percent, reflects sustained momentum in the region’s technology sector, particularly robust demand for semiconductors and other artificial intelligence (AI)-related products.

Cryptocurrencies account for 6 percent of the mean asset allocation among affluent and high net worth investors globally in 2026, down one percentage point from 2025, according to the HSBC Affluent Investor Snapshot 2026.

Egypt-based Fincart, a shipping platform, has closed an oversubscribed $2.8 million seed funding round co-led by Launch Africa and Antler MENAP, with participation from Yango Ventures, Five35 Ventures, Bluestream Capital, Hi2 Global, Kalahari Venture Labs, and other MENA and Africa-focused investors.