FinTech
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NCS Chief Executive Officer Sam Liew has been named the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) Tech Leader of the Year for 2026, recognising his leadership in AI-led transformation and efforts to build a more inclusive digital workforce in Singapore. The award, presented at the SCS Gala Dinner on 8 May, honours leaders who have contributed significantly…
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Tencent Cloud has partnered with Ryt Bank, Malaysia’s AI-powered digital bank, to underpin its conversational banking platform with enterprise-grade cloud messaging infrastructure. The partnership, announced on 11 May, sees Ryt Bank deploy Tencent Cloud Chat (IM) as the real-time communication backbone for its flagship product, Ryt AI — a conversational interface that allows users to…
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A joint study by Kaspersky and the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) has found that parents’ self-confidence is the strongest predictor of whether they take active steps to protect their children’s privacy online — more so than awareness of the risks themselves. The research, titled “Small Shares, Big Risks: How Parents Assess Threats and Cope…
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Flagship Pioneering, the US-based bioplatform innovation company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), the National University Hospital (NUH) and the National University Health System (NUHS) to advance research and development in human health and sustainability. The collaboration, announced on 7 May…
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monday.com Ltd. has announced what it describes as the most significant change in its history, repositioning from a work management platform to an AI Work Platform where human employees and AI agents collaborate within shared workflows. The announcement is pitched directly at the Southeast Asian market, where AI adoption remains uneven. Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower…
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Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has raised approximately USD 856 million in total financing to fund the build-out of its 120MW JC3 hyperscale data centre campus in Indonesia, the company announced on 7 May 2026. The financing comprises a fully underwritten USD 456 million syndicated facility — backed by DBS, HSBC, Maybank, SMBC, and Standard Chartered…
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Sumsub has launched a fraud management bundle designed to help banks and financial institutions in the Philippines comply with the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA), which takes effect on 25 June 2026. The AFASA Fraud Management Bundle combines rule-based fraud detection with dynamic risk scoring in a hybrid transaction monitoring model. The system enables institutions…
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GoTo Group posts its first net profit of Rp171 billion in Q1 2026, with revenue up 26% and adjusted EBITDA surging 131% year-on-year.
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TrustDecision expands its risk platform with agentic AI for Southeast Asia’s banks and fintechs, targeting fraud detection and credit risk workflows in regulated markets.
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Verification platform Sumsub and Indonesian fintech industry body Asosiasi FinTech Indonesia (AFTECH) have jointly released a whitepaper calling on payment providers to adopt continuous, technology-enabled compliance as Indonesia’s regulatory framework undergoes a fundamental restructuring. The whitepaper, titled From Entity to Activity-Based Regulation: What Payment Providers in Indonesia Need to Know, arrives as Bank Indonesia’s BI…
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