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Temasek says AI-related exposure currently represents 6% of portfolio value and that it aims to increase this to up to 15% by 2031 across the value chain.
Thailand’s Board of Investment says nine approved projects worth USD 1.99 billion span AI infrastructure, advanced electronics, aviation, clean energy and food.
Swift says its blockchain-based ledger is ready for initial use, with DBS, OCBC and UOB among 17 banks preparing to pilot live cross-border transactions using tokenised deposits.
Skift reports that RedDoorz is targeting a 2027 Singapore Exchange listing, making the hospitality platform a market-monitor item for travel technology, acquisitions and capital-market timing.
Digital News Asia reports that Wahed has launched a fractional real estate investment platform in Malaysia, adding a new regulated-market signal for Islamic fintech and alternative property access.
Salesforce says Singapore desk workers are less sceptical about AI than peers in several major markets, but only 6% use AI as a core part of daily work.
The government-linked investment institution has published capacity, investment and 2028 operating targets for the first project in its national waste-to-energy programme.
SMU’s new Singapore Capital Markets Initiative gives Southeast Asia a research and policy signal around private markets, market infrastructure and capital formation.
SCB’s adoption of Citi Token Services and 24/7 USD Clearing gives Southeast Asia a bank-led signal around always-on corporate payment infrastructure.
Nium’s acquisition of Cypher gives Southeast Asia a concrete payments-infrastructure signal, with the clearest proof around product capability rather than market adoption.
The reported Philippines infrastructure role gives Zetrix a cross-border public-sector technology signal, with the next test coming from agency detail, rollout scope and implementation partners.
AI Singapore’s AI for Good Festival shows how AI policy is moving beyond enterprise adoption into education, access and responsible-use programmes.