Southeast Asia Connect
Alpha Ladder says its LEAP East appearance marked its first public step into the China market, with the Singapore fintech positioning itself around global expansion finance and AI-enabled support.
GXS Group says its Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia digital-bank network has been recognised by Euromoney, with ecosystem finance and AI-enabled credit assessment central to the commercial story.
IMDA says The Violinist won the Cristal Award and Best Original Soundtrack at Annecy, creating fresh international recognition for Singapore animation.
ADB president Masato Kanda used a Philippines public-finance reform event to highlight the 2024-2028 roadmap and the COMPASS monitoring platform.
DBS says Global Finance named it World’s Best Corporate Bank, with the citation pointing to corporate banking infrastructure, programmable payments and AI-driven tools.
Novo Tellus says it has completed an investment in Russell Mineral Equipment, an Australian mining-equipment and aftermarket-services company, alongside RCF and NRFC.
UOB says it is relaunching several card products across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam under Visa’s new premium tiers, reaching more than 300,000 cardholders.
China Mobile International says the SEA-H2X submarine cable has launched commercially, connecting Hainan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore with more than 200 Tbps of system design capacity.
StarHub says HPE named it APAC Service Provider of the Year 2026, citing its managed digital infrastructure strategy and a university network implementation with NUS.
Tiger Brokers says CNBC and Statista named it among the World’s Top FinTech Companies 2026, with the company pointing to Singapore, Hong Kong and other markets in its global footprint.
Synagie says Geene 2.0 will become commercially available in early August, with BytePlus, SingData, FLY Entertainment and other founding partners attached to its AI commerce ecosystem.
Grab says its proposed acquisition of foodpanda Taiwan remains subject to regulatory approvals, while outlining delivery-partner commitments requested by major labour unions.