The Asian Development Bank's July outlook lowers its 2026 developing Southeast Asia forecast to 4.6%, citing uncertainty, weaker external demand and higher commodity costs.
At least 40% of ADB’s financing is earmarked for women-owned micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, according to the bank’s official release.
The Asian Development Bank says its emergency grant will support public-health services and affected communities following severe flooding in southern Thailand.
Audax says Amanah Pro is now live with Maybank Indonesia Syariah and Muslim Pro, embedding a Shariah-compliant Hajj savings journey directly inside the Muslim Pro app.
A July 10 TNGlobal article says 76% of Singapore mass affluent and high-net-worth investors use AI for finance and investment, while still looking to human advisers before final decisions.
AppsFlyer’s APAC finance-app data points to a more mature growth question for banks, wallets and fintech platforms: what happens after the first download?
Grab has completed its acquisition of US investing platform Stash, giving the Singapore-headquartered group control of a subscription investing business while Southeast Asia rollout remains unproven.
OCBC has introduced OCBC WoW with two AI avatars and a larger relationship-manager hiring plan, making Singapore wealth banking a useful watch point for AI-assisted customer engagement.
Igloo says its Eazy Digital acquisition strengthens its Thailand expansion and regional insurance operating-system strategy, making the deal a useful insurtech consolidation marker.