The Asian Sun

ShopeePay joins OCBC and EZ-Link in the Alipay+ ecosystem, raising the bar for Singapore wallet interoperability.

Zetrix AI's expansion into Indonesia and the Philippines is set to accelerate with IFC's global government network behind it.

Singapore Gulf Bank joins the Fireblocks Network for Payments, connecting it to global stablecoin payment flows across 100 countries.

Vietnam licensed 620 new foreign investment projects in two months, with average project scale continuing to rise.

Sunway Healthcare will debut on March 18 with a market cap of approximately RM16.68 billion. How it trades against IHH and KPJ in the first sessions will set the pricing reference for every healthcare capital markets transaction in Southeast Asia for the rest of 2026.

An energy analyst says the industry is back in gas crisis territory with fewer demand buffers left than 2022.

Most Singapore households on fixed contracts are shielded for now, but contract renewals are at risk.

Indonesia's payment sector enters a new regulatory era on March 31. Bank Indonesia's PBI 10/2025 consolidates licensing, introduces TIKMI, and requires all providers to file their first business plans by April 30.

DBS Bank activated a 12-hour cooling period on March 7 for adding payees, raising transfer limits, and updating contact details. Singapore's three major local banks now enforce the same safeguard.

The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology and ADB Ventures have launched the NextFin Asia Fund, providing direct investment to ASEAN fintech startups for the first time through the Catapult: Inclusion SE Asia programme.