Southeast Asia Connect
Named and dated developments across Southeast Asia.
Gkash says it has become a direct participant in PayNet for DuitNow QR, MyDebit and FPX, a change announced by the company on 29 September. The announcement identifies the three Malaysian payment
VPBank has signed a US$27 million loan agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to finance a 220 kV transmission-line project in southern Vietnam. VPBank announced the transaction on
YCO Cloud and Aolani have announced a collaboration to deploy more than 10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs in the Philippines, with the partners scheduling the initial phase for the first quarter
MIDA and OCBC Malaysia have signed an MoU covering investment outreach, business matching and stated financing support.
SEON says Thailand’s DeeMoney has selected its platform for fraud prevention, transaction monitoring and AML screening.
Enterprise Singapore directs new business-support applications to the EDGE Grant from 30 September.
Antom has named three DOKU executives to regional leadership roles involving Indonesia and the Philippines.
Thailand has approved a national semiconductor and advanced-electronics strategy with a stated long-term investment target.
Google has appointed Nitin Gajria to a regional leadership role covering Southeast Asia and South Asia Frontier Markets.
Malaysia’s MDX Forum links data-centre growth to local AI adoption, commercialisation and higher-value digital activity.
ACEN and La Union Electric Co. (LUECO) have reportedly received provisional authority from the Energy Regulatory Commission to implement a 10-year power-supply agreement, pending the regulator’s final resolution of
01F Group has made an investment in DANA, the Indonesian digital-financial company, in a move the investor says reflects long-term confidence in Asia’s fintech market. The companies did not