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Danantara’s USD 5 Billion Waste Programme Moves From Tender to Construction

Indonesia's waste-to-energy model is moving from policy to physical construction. The delivery gap is narrowing.

DBS Group Holdings Faces Another Digital Reliability Test As Singapore Regulator Follows Up

From a 10-hour outage in 2023 to 90 minutes in 2026, DBS disruptions are getting shorter but the frequency remains a concern for Singapore's digital finance hub.

Ripple Treasury Makes Digital Assets Behave Like Cash For Finance Teams

For APAC treasurers managing cross-border liquidity, Ripple Treasury's unified dashboard reduces platform and custody fragmentation.

QRIS Goes Live In South Korea On The Day Of A Presidential Summit

Cross-border QR interoperability is increasingly a central bank priority across APAC, reducing reliance on correspondent banking for small payments.

State Telecom Mobifone Backs Vietnam’s Second Licensed Payment Switching Operator

MDP and NAPAS have signed an MoU to research switching system interconnection, a step toward a unified national payment backbone.

Bank Negara Malaysia Reports 538 E-Payments Per Person In 2025

Malaysia's e-payments grew at a 17% CAGR from 2022 to 2025, consistently exceeding the Financial Sector Blueprint target of 15% per year.

SC Malaysia’s FIKRALab Sets Sights On Unlocking Shariah Income In Mixed-Activity Groups

CIMB Group joins SC and Bursa Malaysia as FIKRALab's pilot partner, developing a new Shariah-compliant capital instrument.

Cantonese Cuisine At The Summit: How The Chairman And Wing Redefined Asia’s Dining Hierarchy In 2026

The 2026 Asia's 50 Best Restaurants ranking spans 27 cities, four more than last year, reflecting the continent's decentralizing food culture.

G-7 Vows To Take All Necessary Steps For Energy Market Stability

The group expressed readiness to coordinate closely to protect energy supply and pricing.

Vietnam Signals Selectivity Over Scale As Gia Lai Greenlights 144 Projects Worth US$8.7 Billion

With 144 projects formally approved and 129 MOUs signed, Gia Lai's post-merger investment pipeline spans energy, manufacturing, agriculture, and logistics.