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Institutional clients no longer need separate relationships with unregulated venues, Singapore Gulf Bank is consolidating it all under one regulated roof.

ShopeePay's cross-border debut shows how wallet scale converts into global distribution with a single strategic partnership.

Zetrix AI's AI Foundation Lab Nasdaq listing plan adds a cross-border capital markets dimension to its ASEAN infrastructure strategy.

Vietnam opened 2026 with $3.21 billion in realized FDI, the highest two-month disbursement in five years.

Southeast Asia's private healthcare sector is now drawing sovereign wealth funds, global pension capital, and private equity at scale. Sunway Healthcare's RM16.68 billion debut is the clearest market signal yet that the region's hospital infrastructure has matured into a primary institutional asset class.

A seasonal weather forecast and a Middle East war have converged to create Southeast Asia's tightest energy test since Ukraine in 2022.

A city-state with zero domestic energy resources, 95% gas-fired power, and one supplier now offline.

QRIS users have surpassed 50 million. PBI 10/2025 is Indonesia's regulatory response to the scale and complexity its digital payment economy has already reached.

Singapore's anti-scam architecture now includes cooling periods, fraud surveillance, balance-based transfer holds, and a formal shared responsibility regime. DBS Bank's latest measure is a piece of a much larger system.

The NextFin Asia Fund is open to fintech startups based in or actively targeting ASEAN countries, from MVP stage through to growth-stage companies seeking Series A funding.