FOMO Pay joins Canton network to support institutional transactions
The Singapore payments company has begun checking activity on Canton. Buyers still need evidence on live use, resilience and legal responsibility.
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National University Hospital plans AINEX software study during endoscopies
The Singapore hospital plans to study software that flags suspicious tissue during endoscopies. Buyers should watch whether research leads to routine clinical use.
1exchange joins Canton network for private digital-asset trades
Singapore’s regulated exchange says Canton could limit who sees transaction data. It has not announced a live product, customer or trading volume.
Arctic Wolf report puts Singapore’s AI trust gap into cybersecurity buying decisions
The cybersecurity company’s 2026 survey finds Singapore security leaders are willing to trust agentic AI for alert triage and patching, even as cyber-risk exposure remains high.
PCG Global’s pre-Series A puts renewable-energy infrastructure back into SEA’s funding lane
PCG Global’s pre-Series A financing points to investor demand around renewable-energy infrastructure and energy-transition execution in Southeast Asia.
OCBC and ZGC International target China-to-ASEAN technology-company flows
The reported partnership is a banking signal because expansion capital, treasury support and market-entry networks are becoming part of the China-to-ASEAN technology corridor.
HDBank’s first-half profit growth keeps Vietnam’s digital-bank scale story in view
HDBank’s first-half profit growth and subsidiary performance add another signal for Vietnam’s banking digitisation and SME-finance market.
Grab’s financial-services growth turns lending and digital banking into the Q2 signal
Grab’s second-quarter results show financial services growing faster than group revenue, making lending and digital banking the sharper Southeast Asia operating signal.
Eftsure brings payment-assurance network into Singapore as B2B fraud pressure rises
The Singapore expansion gives finance teams another signal that payment verification is moving from back-office control into procurement and operating-risk infrastructure.
Why Sime Darby Property's RM2.6 billion programme matters for Malaysia's data-centre buildout
A long-term technology-company lease gives the RM2.6 billion programme more commercial substance than a speculative data-centre capacity announcement.
What UK Export Finance's GBP4 billion capacity could unlock for Indonesia's rail pipeline
The headline financing capacity is substantial, but projects will move only when Indonesian sponsors, UK suppliers and public authorities convert it into bankable procurement packages.
Bitdeer Announces Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call for August 10th 2026
Bitdeer Technologies Group said it will release second-quarter 2026 results on August 10 before hosting a webcast and conference call, where management plans to review unaudited financial and operating performance for the quarter ended June 30 and take questions.