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News,FinTech,Asia,Digital Transformation
Swift tests pay-by-alias cross-border payments with global banks
Swift and banks including DBS, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and IDFC FIRST Bank are exploring cross-border payments using mobile or email aliases.
September 29, 2026
Tencent Cloud, AI Singapore launch industry AI hackathon with DBS, Keppel and others
Tencent Cloud and AI Singapore have launched a Singapore hackathon with DBS, Keppel, Aspire, Ryde and NTU LKCMedicine providing real-world agentic AI challenges.
September 18, 2026
Google Cloud opens Singapore Engineering Center to build AI and cloud products for global markets
Google Cloud has opened a Singapore Engineering Center linking AI research, cloud product development and enterprise deployment across Southeast Asia.
September 15, 2026
News,SEA,Blockchain / Crypto,Singapore,FinTech
Singapore banks complete live SGD tokenized-deposit transactions
DBS, OCBC and UOB completed live domestic Singapore-dollar interbank transactions using tokenized deposits on Swift's blockchain ledger.
September 13, 2026
DBS and Citi partner to enable instant cross-border USD payments with tokenized deposits
Singapore-based banking group DBS and US lender Citi have teamed up to enable instant cross-border USD payments with tokenized deposits.
September 8, 2026
News,AI,Singapore,Future of Work
More than 15,000 professionals join Singapore accountancy AI fluency program in two months
More than 15,000 accountants and finance professionals have enrolled in ISCA's AI Fluency Programme within two months, putting the initiative about a quarter of the way toward its three-year target of 60,000 participants.
August 28, 2026
DBS and Stripe partner for AI cross-border payments in Asia
Singapore banking group DBS and US payment firm Stripe have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the growth of agentic commerce and cross-border payments in Asia.
August 27, 2026
DBS deepens commitment to FAST-P with $210M financing for Energy Transition Acceleration Finance Partnership
Singapore lender DBS announced Wednesday that it is providing a $210 million senior financing facility to ETAFCo, the investment vehicle supporting the displacement strategy of the Energy Transition Acceleration Finance partnership (ETAF) under Singapore’s Financing Asia’s Transition Partnership (FAST-P) initiative.
June 25, 2026
News,Blockchain / Crypto,Singapore
DBS launches market-first tokenized physical gold in Singapore
Amid growing demand and a nation-wide push to cement Singapore’s status as a global gold trading hub, DBS has on Thursday announced it will offer tokenized physical gold to customers.
June 11, 2026
DBS, Climate Bonds Initiative team up to advance climate adaptation financing across APAC
Amid a growing need to catalyze financing for climate adaptation and resilience across the region, DBS has on Tuesday announced a partnership with global non-governmental organization, Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), to deepen capabilities and advance financing solutions in this space.
May 19, 2026












