Category: Southeast Asia

DBS, OCBC and UOB advance tokenised deposit payments on Swift platform
DBS, OCBC and UOB advance tokenised deposit payments on Swift platform
Singapore – DBS Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) have completed live domestic Singapore dollar transactions using tokenised deposits on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, according to the three banks.  The milestone marks the first time the trio...
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Ant International rolls out Agentic Mobile Protocol as payments firms explore AI agent standards
Singapore – Ant International is expanding the global rollout of its Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP), with digital wallets and payment acquirers joining the initiative as the payments industry explores how artificial intelligence (AI) agents can participate in commercial transactions. The company has...
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Ant International, Mastercard and Visa collaborate on AI agent verification
Singapore – Payment and digital commerce providers are exploring common approaches to identifying and verifying artificial intelligence agents as the technology becomes increasingly involved in transactions made on behalf of consumers. Ant International, Mastercard and Visa have begun collaborating...
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Singapore businesses face growing AI readiness gap as adoption accelerates; study
Singapore – Singapore businesses are moving towards wider artificial intelligence adoption, but gaps in infrastructure, data governance and security are creating challenges for organisations seeking to deploy AI at scale, according to a new study from Dell Technologies. The study surveyed 2,950 business...
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Accely appoints Michael Lim to lead strategy and growth across Singapore and Southeast Asia
Singapore – Accely has appointed Michael Lim as Director of Strategy & Growth for Singapore and Southeast Asia, with responsibility for the company’s commercial strategy across the region. Lim will oversee activities spanning market entry, customer relationships and account growth, as Accely...
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Visa doubles down on tokenisation, biometrics in Singapore security push
Visa doubles down on tokenisation, biometrics in Singapore security push
Singapore – Visa unveiled its ‘Singapore Security Roadmap 2026 and Beyond’, a strategy aimed at strengthening the resilience of the city-state’s digital payments ecosystem against an increasingly sophisticated fraud and scam landscape.  The update comes as a study found that close...
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Mitsubishi Elevator (Singapore), QuikBot team up on Physical AI trust infrastructure
Mitsubishi Elevator SG, QuikBot team up on physical AI trust infrastructure
Singapore – Mitsubishi Elevator (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and QuikBot Technologies Pte. Ltd. have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to develop trust infrastructure for Physical AI across Singapore’s built environment, the companies announced on 8 September 2026. Under the agreement, Mitsubishi...
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insureMO and Gallagher expand digital insurance distribution in the Philippines
Philippines – Insurance technology company insureMO has launched an API-led insurance distribution platform to support Gallagher’s digital insurance distribution capabilities across multiple channels in the Philippines. The collaboration combines Gallagher’s global insurance and risk management capabilities...
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Converge ramps up enterprise push to meet ASEAN's AI, Cloud infrastructure demands
Converge ramps up enterprise push to meet ASEAN's AI, Cloud infrastructure demands
Philippines – Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is scaling up its enterprise operations to meet rising digital infrastructure demand across Southeast Asia, driven by the accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and the Internet of Things. The Philippine fibre broadband and technology...
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Paydibs launches merchant financing facility with Anchor Capital
Malaysia – Malaysian fintech and digital payment provider Paydibs Sdn Bhd has launched a merchant financing facility in partnership with Anchor Capital Sdn Bhd, allowing eligible merchants to access working capital through its digital platform. Anchor Capital is licensed by the Ministry of Housing...
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