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Stripe Maps AI And Stablecoin Infrastructure Strategy Across Asia-Pacific

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Stripe processed USD 1.9 trillion in payment volume in 2025, equivalent to 1.6% of global GDP. Its next bet is making AI agents and stablecoins the default rails for Asia-Pacific commerce.
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Nuvei Acquires Payoneer For USD2.75 Billion To Build Cross-Border Payments Giant

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Nuvei is acquiring Payoneer for USD 2.75 billion, combining payment acceptance with cross-border payout rails across 150-plus markets. A major consolidation moment for global fintech infrastructure.
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Japanese Fans’ World Cup Cleanup Wins Plaudits

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Japanese football fans earned praise after cleaning up the stadium following a FIFA World Cup match in the United States.
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Aw & Sons Capital Opens Mber In Serangoon, Claiming Singapore’s First Purpose-Built Co-Living And Serviced Residence Development

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Singapore gets its first purpose-built co-living and serviced residence development. Mber Co-Living opens in Serangoon, combining 61 units with 14 communal spaces and a GYMber wellness facility.
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Laos And Japan Deepen Clean Energy Ties At Tokyo Summit Under Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

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Lao PM Sonexay and Japanese PM Takaichi met in Tokyo on June 10 to advance clean energy, mining, and technology cooperation under the Laos-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
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Rosatom And Laos Sign Nuclear Agreement, Opening Path To First Power Plant Study

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Russia and Laos signed a binding intergovernmental nuclear energy agreement on June 15, unlocking a feasibility study for Laos' first nuclear power plant.
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Southeast Asia’s Nuclear Vendor Race Moves Past Memoranda Into Signed Agreements

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Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines are now active markets for Rosatom, GE Vernova, and Hitachi. Southeast Asia's nuclear race has entered the vendor competition phase.
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Deel Launches DLUSD Stablecoin Wallet For Contractors, Targets Asia-Pacific Rollout In 2026

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Deel's DLUSD stablecoin wallet gives contractors dollar-backed earnings that hold value before spending anywhere globally.
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LexisNexis Cybercrime Report Flags APAC Fraud Attack Rate Above Global Average For First Time

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APAC fraud attack rates now exceed the global average, driven by synthetic identities and agentic bots targeting digital financial platforms.
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Vietnam’s MICHELIN Guide Reaches Double-Digit Stars In Its Fourth Edition, Marking A Structural Shift In The Country’s Fine-Dining Landscape

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Vietnam's MICHELIN Guide 2026 recognized 193 establishments across three cities, with starred restaurants reaching double digits for the first time in the guide's four-year presence in the country.
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Envision Energy And IES Move To Expand Monsoon Wind Beyond Its 600 MW Foundation

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Monsoon Wind reached commercial operation in August 2025 as Asia's first cross-border renewable project. Now it's expanding into solar, storage, and AI dispatch.
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HiTHIUM’s Vietnam Entry Tests Readiness Of A Market Built On Targets Alone

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Vietnam targets 16,300 MW of BESS by 2030 but had under 100 MW installed. HiTHIUM just entered the market.
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Fireblocks Launches Flow To Put Stablecoin Acceptance Inside Every PSP’s Existing Checkout

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Fireblocks Flow lets PSPs accept stablecoins from 800-plus wallets and settle without rebuilding their checkout infrastructure.
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Airwallex Acquires Leapfin To Build End-To-End Financial Lifecycle Platform For Global Businesses

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Airwallex acquires Leapfin, extending its payments platform into revenue recognition and reconciliation for global businesses.
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TNB And PETRONAS Gas Sign Lumut LNG Terminal Deal

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TNB and PETRONAS Gas will jointly develop Malaysia's third LNG regasification terminal in Lumut, targeting 2029 operations.
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Indonesia’s Electricity Mix Beats Government Target In April 2026

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Indonesia's electricity renewable mix hit 17.89 percent in April 2026, beating the government's own target. But coal still runs the grid at 68 percent. The gap between the headline and the system is the story.
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Japan’s Takaichi Seeks Maritime Cooperation Among Island States

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called on island nations to strengthen cooperation on maritime issues.
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Global Fintech Report 2026 Finds Sector Now Four Times More Profitable Than In Boom Years, With APAC Leading Expansion

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Global fintech revenues hit USD 504 billion in 2025, with Asia-Pacific posting the fastest regional growth at 25% year-on-year.
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Singapore’s Aspire Enters America With 16-Currency Platform And Stripe Partnership

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Aspire pairs Singapore-built financial infrastructure with Revolut-grade talent, testing whether cross-border DNA gives an edge in the U.S. market.
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Myanmar Offers Onshore And Offshore Exploration Rights To International Companies

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Myanmar was one of Asia's first oil producers. Its upstream sector today is defined more by what has left than by what remains.
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BESS Monetization Critical To Unlocking Grid Flexibility In Southeast Asia: FESSIA Report

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The Philippines and Vietnam are emerging as important case studies for how battery storage can strengthen energy security and renewable integration.
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Indonesia Turns The Plate Into A Policy Tool At BBTF 2026

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Indonesia's La Liste win and Asia's 50 Best placements are now driving national tourism policy at BBTF 2026.
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Indonesia’s 100 GW Solar Plan: How The Hormuz Crisis Exposed The True Cost Of Diesel Dependency

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Indonesia targets 100 GW of solar to end costly diesel imports across its remote island grid.
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Port Klang Steps Up As Chinese Cruise Homeport

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China's Adora Cruises and Malaysia's Hwajing Travel have signed a charter deal placing Adora Mediterranea at Port Klang for eight sailings from November 24 to December 19, 2026, connecting Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and China.
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Hong Kong International Airport Opens Terminal 2 To Close The Gap On Singapore And Dubai

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Hong Kong International Airport's Terminal 2 opens, targeting 100 million annual passengers and stronger regional hub competitiveness.
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Middle East Conflict Tests SATS In Q4 As Full-Year Profit Rises 17 Percent To SGD285 Million

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SATS Ltd posted record revenue of SGD6.35 billion for FY2026, with net profit up 17 percent year on year, reflecting sustained cargo growth and margin discipline across its 27-country network.
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Singapore And IEA Mark 10 Years Of ASEAN Energy Training

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Singapore and the IEA marked 10 years of ASEAN energy cooperation at their regional training programme on May 21 to 22, with 160 officials from 23 countries attending.
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TNB Q1 FY2026: Commercial Data Center Demand Drives 7 Percent Rise In Electricity Sales

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Tenaga Nasional reported RM1.1 billion in Q1 FY2026 earnings, supported by data center demand growth and the RP4 tariff framework.
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Alibaba Cloud Picks Singapore To Launch Its First International AI Conference

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Alibaba Cloud launched Qwen3.7-Max in Singapore, unveiling agentic AI tools for enterprise financial operations.
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Amazon’s USD 33 Billion Southeast Asia Bet Reshapes The Digital Finance Infrastructure Race

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Amazon has committed more than USD 33 billion to cloud and AI infrastructure across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand through 2039, directly reshaping the compute landscape available to financial services providers in the region.
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Thai Energy Official Names Solar Power The Primary Vehicle For The Nation’s Energy Transition

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Thailand holds 1,000 GW of solar potential but gas still powers 60 percent of its grid.
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Singapore Bets On Engineering Exports, Not Domestic Wind, To Shape Asia-Pacific Offshore Transition

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Singapore hosted the inaugural RECHARGE Wind Power Summit Asia-Pacific on May 19-20, launching three new offshore wind initiatives as the region accelerates its energy transition.
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MAS Revokes Bsquared Technology Licence Over Risk Failures

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Singapore's MAS revoked Bsquared Technology's crypto payment licence after inspectors found false submissions spanning from the original application through the regulatory audit.
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Atos And Backbase Target Asia Pacific Banks With AI-Native Banking Partnership

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Atos and Backbase have partnered to bring compliant, AI-native banking infrastructure to Asia Pacific's regulated financial markets.
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Sarawak Energy Berhad Moves Into Commercial Phase On 1GW Singapore Hydropower Export

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Sarawak Energy and Sembcorp have entered commercial discussions on a 1GW hydro export to Singapore after securing three regulatory approvals across two governments.
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SkyeChip And Bursa Malaysia’s Semiconductor Moment

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Malaysia's IPO market is on course for its best year since 2013, with SkyeChip listing May 20 and IOI Properties REIT targeting Q4 in a pipeline that now exceeds US$1.8 billion.
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PATA And China Chamber Of Tourism Sign The Partnership Asia-Pacific Tourism Has Been Missing

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PATA and China Chamber of Tourism formalise a cooperation framework covering sustainability, rural tourism, and joint global marketing.
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From Generator Sets To Hyperscale: How EI Power Built A Data Center Power Business In 15 Years

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EI Power Berhad lists on Bursa Malaysia on May 21 after its IPO was oversubscribed 30.8 times, driven by demand for data center power infrastructure exposure.
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Payoneer And Upwork Extend 15-Year Partnership With New Stablecoin Payout Design Initiative

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Payoneer and Upwork extend their 15-year payout partnership, maintaining cross-border freelancer payment coverage across Asia Pacific and emerging markets.
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BTSE Bhutan Wins In-Principle Approval For Digital Asset Licence

The Southeast Asian Gazette -
BTSE Bhutan received in-principle approval from Bhutan's Gelephu Financial Services Office for virtual asset trading and institutional custody services.
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Syfe Joint Accounts Bring Co-Managed Investing To Singapore Retail Households

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Syfe has launched joint investment accounts in Singapore, letting two people co-manage portfolios with no minimum balance. A quiet structural shift in how households build wealth together.
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ENEOS Buys Chevron’s Caltex Network In Southeast Asia for USD2.17 Billion

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Japan's ENEOS is acquiring Chevron's entire Southeast Asia downstream business, including the Caltex brand and a Singapore refinery stake, for $2.17 billion, its first overseas refinery entry.
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Thai Cultural Festival In Tokyo Highlights Entertainment Boom

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The Thai cultural festival in Tokyo highlighted the growing popularity of Thai entertainment and culture in Japan.
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Vietnam Extends Peak Pricing Window Proposal As EV Charging Reshapes Evening Demand Curve

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Vietnam's power sector faces its highest-stakes dry season yet, with double-digit growth mandates, geopolitical fuel disruptions, and climate variability converging on a grid expanding faster than ever before.
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PLN Completes Record Industrial Connection In West Java

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PLN's Telukjambe-IKK transmission line demonstrates the utility's capacity to build bespoke infrastructure for large industrial anchor customers.
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Fiji Airways And WestJet Chart A New Pacific Corridor

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Fiji Airways and WestJet launch a codeshare linking Canada's domestic network to the South Pacific.
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FinTech Alliance PH Backs BSP Takeover Of Online Lending Supervision From SEC

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The Philippines may consolidate digital lending oversight under the BSP, ending a fragmented regulatory structure that has long complicated compliance for online lenders.
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Sun Group Bets On India to Redefine Phu Quoc’s Airport Future

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Sun Group and India's GMR Group have signed an airport cooperation MOU covering Phu Quoc, Van Don, and Phan Thiet, targeting nonstop India routes within 2026. A private aviation alliance with real scale.
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BNM And Bank Indonesia Formalise Payments And Digitalisation Framework In May 2026 Agreement

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The BNM-BI bilateral MoU reflects a broader ASEAN pattern: formalising central bank cooperation as the foundation for next-generation cross-border payment infrastructure.
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TNG eWallet Removes Debit Card Quick Payment Feature Effective May 13 In Malaysia

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TNG Digital permanently removes debit card Auto Reload from TNG eWallet, effective May 13, citing transaction reliability concerns.
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