The Southeast Asian Gazette

The message underscored the need for peace and spiritual renewal as the world faces ongoing challenges.

Digital banking resilience is no longer optional in Singapore. The DBS March 2026 outage is a reminder that infrastructure reliability is a regulatory obligation.

Singapore's crisis architecture is now fully activated, with the HCMC, HCEG, and Cabinet operating in coordinated response mode.

Bongao's state of local emergency joins Sorsogon Province and Ajuy, Iloilo in a growing map of Philippine communities declaring fuel crises — a pattern that reveals systemic gaps in the country's energy emergency response architecture.

Danantara’s second registration round is a structured entry point into one of Southeast Asia’s largest green infrastructure programmes.

The Bank of Korea plans to expand its QR payment network to Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, and India following the Indonesia rollout.

Ripple Treasury processed USD 13 trillion in 2025 with no native digital asset support. That changes as of April 1, 2026.

Vietnam now has two licensed payment switching operators after MobiFone Digital Payment launched on March 27, ending NAPAS's sole-operator status.

Malaysia recorded 18.4 billion e-payment transactions in 2025, with each Malaysian averaging 538 digital payments for the year, per Bank Negara Malaysia's Annual Report.

Malaysia's SC launched FIKRALab to develop Maqasid al-Shariah-driven Islamic capital market products under the 2026–2030 masterplan.