Country Guides
Malaysia’s first 90 days: an operating checklist for market entry
After choosing a provisional route into Malaysia, use the first 90 days to verify activities, data flows, invoicing and customer claims.
Lars Voedisch
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EU–Philippines trade talks reach substantial agreement, with technical work still ahead
The European Commission says the European Union and the Philippines have reached substantial agreement in negotiations for a free trade agreement. The
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AirBorneo’s Singapore maintenance programme links regional MRO to East Malaysia rural-air planning
AirBorneo has signed a four-year engine-maintenance agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada for its ATR 72-500 fleet. RTX says
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Perform.AI introduces commerce operating-system positioning after Parcel Perform rebrand
Perform.AI says it has launched an AI Commerce Operating System and rebranded from Parcel Perform. The company describes the product position
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DXtrade says Bappebti approval opens an Indonesian route for its broker platform
DXtrade says Indonesia’s commodity-futures regulator, Bappebti, has approved its broker-platform software for licensing by supervised commodity-futures and derivatives
Briefing
Cross-border payouts in Southeast Asia: test the corridor before you promise the payout
A cross-border payout is not a feature that works everywhere once an API is connected. It is a defined flow: one
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AI compute in Southeast Asia: six checks before a buyer treats an announcement as capacity
Six country, capacity and operating checks before an enterprise buyer treats a Southeast Asia AI-compute announcement as procurement-ready supply.
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J.P. Morgan Payments and Thunes expand cross-border payout coverage
J.P. Morgan Payments says it is working with Thunes to expand cross-border payouts to bank accounts and mobile wallets through
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Aolani and NVIDIA set out Malaysia and Philippines AI-factory deployment path
Aolani says it has signed a strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA, with a prospective deployment path spanning Malaysia and the Philippines. According
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Klook and Visa sign six-market travel partnership across Southeast Asia
Klook and Visa have announced a memorandum of understanding covering Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, focused on experience-led
Briefing
Experian says trust in AI loan comparison is rising, but consumers still want control
A 16 September Experian release says 82% of surveyed consumers across 13 EMEA and Asia Pacific markets trust AI to compare loans across providers. Singapore was among the markets surveyed.
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Hyosung TNC says Vietnam bio-spandex platform has entered commercial operation
Hyosung TNC says its US$1 billion Vietnam bio-spandex platform has entered commercial operation, starting with 50,000 tonnes a year of Bio-BDO capacity.