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.
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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.
KADIN sets out business role in Indonesia's 8% growth push
Indonesia’s chamber of commerce is putting private investment, exports and business coordination at the centre of the country’s effort to lift long-term growth.
Temus stake gives Thinking Machines a wider route to production-grade AI
The deal connects Manila-built data-science capability with a Singapore regional technology group, while founder Stephanie Sy joins Temus leadership and retains control of the Thinking Machines brand.
FICG links Johor manufacturing and Singapore operations in ASEAN expansion plan
FIC Global’s agreements with AME Elite and JTC frame the Johor–Singapore corridor as a connected base for manufacturing, supply chains and a planned regional innovation hub.
Government targets fishermen's exchange rate at 120: Minister
Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan said the government is trying to lift fishermen’s welfare from an NTN of 103 to 120 through Red and White Fishermen’s Village development in West Nusa Tenggara, integrated facilities, and cooperative-linked marketing.