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The SEA Monthly Funding Tracker for November 2025 recorded a strong surge in investor interest, with total funding rising to $328.0 million across 21 rounds. This marks a 21.91 percent increase month-on-month (October 2025: $269.1 million) and a 204.25 percent jump year-on-year (November 2024: $107.8 million), signaling a sharp rebound in regional capital…

Vietnam-based technology and information technology (IT) services provider FPT and European-based technology consulting firm HITEXIS announced Tuesday a strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI) adoption for enterprises across the Baltic States and Europe.

Visa, a global digital payments firm, is collaborating with Sun Group, a Vietnam-based real estate firm, to integrate digital payment into tourism platform.

Lendela, the Singapore-based loan matching platform, announced Tuesday two senior leadership appointments in Singapore: James Lam as Country Manager and Imran Johri as Head of Marketing.

The United States-based mobility platform inDrive has announced the successful completion of the Land Public Transport Agency (APAD)’s three-month licensing review, confirming its continued approval to operate in Malaysia.

Malaysia-based lender CIMB Group Holdings Berhad has announced its commitment to develop tokenized financial services spanning tokenized assets, tokenized settlement and next-generation payment rails, supporting Malaysia’s national agenda to broaden adoption of tokenization across the financial ecosystem.

The AI revolution is advancing quickly, and new forms of employment, education, and social order are already taking shape. To me, this is not merely a labor market crisis—it is a global experiment in how humanity can coexist with AI, a question that we must all take part in answering together.

Kenanga Research has foreseen Malaysia's technology up-cycle to remain intact in the first quarter of next year, supported by a still expanding global semiconductor up-cycle and a resilient front-end capex outlook, which should continue to favor Malaysia’s front-end beneficiaries.

BLIFE Protocol (BLIFE), a decentralized protocol on the Bitcoin blockchain focused on integrating Web3 applications and cultural experiences, announced Monday it has merged with Portal, an interoperability and liquidity infrastructure for Web3 gaming centered on the utility token PORTAL. The combined business will operate under the Portal brand.

FPT, a Vietnam-based technology and information technology (IT) services provider, through its Thailand subsidiary, has signed a strategic memorandum of agreement (MOA) with WSOL Public Company Limited (WSOL) to enhance digital technology capabilities and unlock new technology opportunities across Thailand.