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Carsome marks 10th Anniversary with ‘Pakej Rakyat’, offering refurbished cars from $47/month

Carsome Group Inc, Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, marked its 10th anniversary with the launch of Pakej Rakyat, a program that offers high-quality refurbished cars from MYR 199 ($47) per month under Carsome Value Plus, together with a free one-year warranty and service packages, supported by its in-house financing through…

KPMG: Singapore’s fintech investment rebounds to $1.04B in first half

Singapore’s fintech sector recorded a strong rebound in the first half of 2025, attracting close to $1.04 billion in investments across 90 deals, according to KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech H1’2025 report revealed on Friday.

Yuno accelerates global growth with APAC expansion across China and Singapore

Yuno, a global payment platform, announced Thursday an important expansions within Asia Pacific (APAC) including the opening of regional headquarters in Singapore and new operations in China.

Philippine central bank to stop accepting new applications for digital bank licenses

​The Philippine central bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced Thursday that it will stop accepting new applications for digital bank licenses starting December 1, 2025.

INA, EDC ink $592M strategic partnership to expand Canada-Indonesia investment opportunities

Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada’s export credit agency, and the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, have signed a CAD$825 million ($592 million) Market Leader Partnership memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen bilateral investment ties and promote sustainable economic development between the two……

VinFast secures $100M of green loan from MUFG for global expansion

Vietnamese electric vehicles (EVs) maker VinFast has secured a $100 million green loan facility from MUFG Bank, Ltd., to be used for VinFast's development and international expansion strategy.

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The dual challenge: Security and compliance

Security, risk, and privacy leaders must strike a delicate balance between mitigating technical risks and adhering to regulatory compliance requirements. By using advanced technologies such as AI, zero trust, cloud security, and compliance automation, organizations can enhance their security posture while maintaining regulatory compliance.

SC Ventures and Fujitsu join forces to incubate Project Quanta

SC Ventures by Standard Chartered Bank, which builds and invests in breakthrough ventures in and beyond banking, together with Fujitsu, a developer of quantum software and hardware, are joining forces to incubate Project Quanta.

U Mobile partners Huawei Malaysia to accelerate 5G-A, AI adoption through enterprise innovation platform

U Mobile, a Malaysia-based 5G network provider, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) naming Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia), as one of its strategic technology partners to establish its Enterprise Innovation Platform (EIP).

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank expand five new AI data center sites in US for $500B Stargate project

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank are announcing five new U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) data center sites under Stargate, OpenAI’s overarching AI infrastructure platform.