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Visa, Mastercard, and Google are already partnering with Ant International on agentic payment standards and infrastructure.

Singapore has not imposed mandatory fuel rationing or electricity curbs, unlike several regional neighbors. That position holds for now, with the government leaning instead on conservation directives and enhanced household rebates.

Canopy by Hilton makes its Southeast Asia debut in Bangkok's Sukhumvit district with 174 rooms.

One 97 Communications says Paytm app, UPI, and merchant services are unaffected. The banking licence, and years of Small Finance Bank ambitions, are gone.

Cosmo Oil procured the supply to secure stable energy resources.

Malaysia's Hata processed over RM 1.04 billion in digital asset volume in 2025, signaling real capital flows behind the country's regulated crypto infrastructure.

Fossil fuel subsidies budgeted at IDR 381T assumed USD 70/barrel crude. Oil is now above USD 100. Indonesia's subsidy math is off, and rural clean energy loses the fiscal competition.

Vietnam's removal of pre-funding requirements and the Ministry of Finance's Circular 08/2026 were key triggers behind FTSE Russell's final approval.

Exit timelines are extending across Southeast Asia, pushing private equity firms toward operational value creation over financial engineering.

Both the equity and bond tranches of Salmon's $100 million round were oversubscribed, pointing to sustained investor demand for Philippine consumer finance exposure.