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How dLocal Is Treating Stablecoins As Local Payment Methods In Emerging Markets

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Southeast Asia is a named priority in dLocal's stablecoin expansion, with five regional markets covered under its new Stablecoin Full product.
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Indonesian Navy’s B50 Shift Adds Military Weight To Palm Oil Energy Strategy

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Indonesia's Agriculture Minister confirmed diesel imports will halt on July 1, the same date B50 becomes mandatory nationwide.
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Koh Samui Enters The Exclusive Collection Era

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Club Med reports 41% growth in Phuket forward sales for 2026, providing the commercial foundation for its Koh Samui Exclusive Collection commitment.
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Many Kids’ Foods Released In Japan Despite Population Fall

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The trend reflects shifting consumer demand even amid demographic decline.
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Vietjet’s COMAC Deal Puts It Among The Largest C909 Operators Outside China

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Vietjet's shift from wet-lease trial to direct finance lease signals a more durable strategic bet on Chinese aviation manufacturing.
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Ascentium’s Asia Advisory Network Hits 27 Markets After Dezan Shira Close

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Ascentium Vietnam now employs close to 150 professionals across Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Danang following the Dezan Shira acquisition.
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iProov Threat Intelligence Report 2026 Puts Southeast Asian Fintech Security On High Alert

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Deepfakes have moved into corporate financial workflows, widening the attack surface for banks and fintechs across Southeast Asia.
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Singapore And Australia Lock In LNG-for-Fuel Arrangement As Hormuz Crisis Reshapes Asia’s Energy Map

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Qatar's Ras Laffan disruption accounts for around 10% of Singapore's natural gas supply. Replacement volumes cost more. The full tariff impact arrives in Q3 2026.
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Battery Storage Costs In Malaysia Drop 57% In One Year As Solarvest Scales Corporate Solar Pipeline

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The CGPP lets Malaysian manufacturers claim renewable power without on-site solar. Global semiconductor and cloud players are signing on at scale.
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EVN’s Transitional Tariff Proposal Threatens To Cut Renewable Project Revenues By Half

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EVN's proposal would claw back past payments from 173 projects through monthly installment deductions, compounding financial distress for developers already facing delayed payments.
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25th Anniversary Rites Held For Tokyo DisneySea

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Popular Disney characters added excitement to the milestone celebration.
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Langkawi Airport Beats Field At Routes Asia 2026 With 12 Percent Passenger Growth Record

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Langkawi's Routes Asia 2026 win signals growing airline confidence in Malaysia's primary island leisure gateway.
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CIMB Niaga Moves AI From Pilot To Production With Google Cloud

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With 394 branches and 707,000 payment terminals nationally, CIMB Niaga's AI deployment reaches one of Southeast Asia's largest banking networks.
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Indonesia Turns To Russia For Crude As Pertamina Tankers Sit Stranded In The Gulf

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Two Pertamina tankers have been stranded in the Persian Gulf for weeks. Russia's Pacific ports offer an alternative route. That is the direct logic behind the Moscow deal.
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Airwallex Unifies Online And In-Store Payments In Asia And Europe

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Airwallex enters direct competition with Adyen, Square, and Stripe in the in-person payments market across multiple countries.
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Cambodia Bets On Maritime Independence As Land Border With Thailand Stays Shut

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By Phase 3 completion in 2029, Sihanoukville is designed to handle 2.5 million TEUs and receive 160,000-tonne vessels.
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Gia Lai’s 230 MW Nhon Hoa Approval Signals Acceleration Of Vietnam’s Onshore Renewable Pipeline

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Vietnam's petroleum import bill surged 78 percent in Q1 2026. Domestic renewables are now an energy security imperative.
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Japan Announces USD10 Billion Oil Procurement Aid To Asia Pacific

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The move addresses risks to energy supply caused by ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
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Helicap Draws IFC Interest As Private Credit Demand Grows Across Emerging Asia

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Beyond capital, IFC plans advisory support to formalise Helicap's responsible lending practices across its Asia borrower network.
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OCBC Wealth Advisor AI Programme Targets Malaysia And Hong Kong Expansion

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Trained OCBC wealth advisors recorded a 50 percent revenue uplift within three months of using the generative AI programme.
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From PetroVietnam To EVN: How Quang Trach 1 Finally Reached The Grid

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Covid-era supply chain disruptions and commodity price spikes under a fixed-price EPC structure added years of delay and cost pressure to Quang Trach 1's construction timeline.
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How Sun Group’s Changi Partnership Could Transform Aviation Infrastructure Across Vietnam

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Phu Quoc handled 6 million passengers in 2025. The approved master plan targets 20 million by 2027 and sets a long-term ceiling of 50 million, signaling a structural shift in Vietnam's aviation geography.
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Designed For 60 Million Passengers By 2050: Inside The Pearl River Delta’s Newest Aviation Hub

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China's Xinhua confirmed the March 25 groundbreaking. Initial operations at Foshan's new airport are projected to begin in 2028.
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Coal Supply Agreements In Place As Quang Trach 1 Moves To Final Commissioning

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EVN confirmed key technical parameters met design specifications during the April 12 grid synchronisation, clearing the path to commercial generation in May.
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Japan, Pakistan Agree To Cooperate On Middle East Issues

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The agreement highlights the importance of international cooperation in addressing ongoing tensions in the region.
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Indonesia’s Financial Services Ranking Jumps From 78th To 38th As Milken Institute Tracks Regional Capital Market Development

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The Milken Institute's 2026 index expanded its digital economy indicators for the first time, capturing the quality and extent of countries' digital infrastructure and technology adoption.
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Vietnam’s $380 Million Crypto License Threshold Draws Global Capital Into CAEX

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For OKX and HashKey, the CAEX deal is an early-mover position in a market where global players can hold no more than 49% of any licensed exchange.
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Coal Is Not A Stable Fallback, ZCA Report Finds As ASEAN Prices Surge

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Newcastle coal hit USD 443 per tonne in 2023 after the last gas crisis. The same mechanism is now in motion again across ASEAN power markets.
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Laos Bets On Domestic Hydropower To Break Fuel Import Dependency

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Transport companies must reach 10% EV fleet composition by end-2026. No dedicated heavy vehicle charging infrastructure currently exists in Laos.
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Japanese PM Takaichi Seeks 1-Year Timeline For Constitutional Amendment Proposal

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The Japanese leader is pushing for a defined timeline to advance efforts on constitutional reform.
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From 15 To 23 Ships A Year: The Infrastructure Plan Behind HVS’s Capacity Push

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The new pier will extend HVS's total quay length to 1,630 meters, improving docking capacity and production logistics across the yard.
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Lifestyle, Resort, And Midscale: How Radisson Is Building A Multi-Brand Southeast Asia Platform

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Indonesia and Malaysia are Radisson's primary ASEAN growth markets, backed by rising owner demand and a diversified multi-brand portfolio.
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Circle Brings Full-Stack Stablecoin Settlement To Banks And Fintechs Through CPN Managed Payments

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Thunes and Worldline join Circle's CPN Managed Payments at launch, connecting stablecoin rails to global cross-border payment networks.
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Krungthai Card And Mastercard Complete Thailand’s First Authenticated Agentic Transaction

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Mastercard's agentic commerce rollout now spans nine Asia Pacific markets, with a Singapore AI Centre of Excellence planned to support further regional scale.
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The Deal That Could Not Clear 50%: Sunway And IJM

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A deal marked by political scrutiny, a corruption probe, and valuation disputes ended without a merger. Malaysia's M&A market takes note.
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The Strategic Logic Behind Malaysia Airlines’ Three-Route East Asia Push

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Malaysia Airlines claims Fukuoka as sole nonstop operator at launch, a strategic position no competitor currently holds on this corridor.
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MoMo And The Next Phase Of Vietnam’s Digital Finance Story

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Vietnam's digital payments market is projected to reach US$300–400 billion by 2030. MoMo sits at the center of that expansion.
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Loan IQ Gains AI-Powered Document Processing Through Marketnode Integration

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Manual data entry in syndicated lending creates delays, errors, and cost. The Finastra-Marketnode integration targets that bottleneck directly inside Loan IQ.
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The Informal Architecture Of Hormuz Access And What It Means For Malaysian Energy Security

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Malaysia's Hormuz access rests on decades of non-aligned diplomacy with Iran, including palm oil barter deals predating the current crisis.
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IDR 48 Trillion In Projected Savings: The Fiscal Logic Behind Indonesia’s B50 Decision

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Indonesia projects IDR 48 trillion in subsidy savings within six months of B50 launch, with annual fossil fuel displacement of 4 million kiloliters.
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Chang Lih Kang Reaffirms Nuclear Complementarity Doctrine Amid Escalating Energy Emergency

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The Hormuz closure has sharpened every energy security argument in Southeast Asia, giving Malaysia's nuclear deliberations new urgency in 2026.
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From Ransomware To Regulator: How The Bank Rakyat Breach Became A Compliance Enforcement Case

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Hunters International, a ransomware-as-a-service group, leaked 144,015 files stolen from Bank Rakyat after a ransom deadline passed, prompting the BNM investigation.
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From Seoul To Bangkok: How KakaoBank’s Role In BankX Bank Shapes Thai Digital Finance

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South Korea's KakaoBank enters Thailand's virtual bank build, bringing mobile-first expertise to one of Southeast Asia's most competitive new banking licences.
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Danantara Anchors USD10.2 Billion Korea Deal With Lotte And POSCO In Focus

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Indonesia's Karawang EV battery plant, a Hyundai-LG joint venture operational since 2024, underpins the new battery supply chain agreements signed in Seoul.
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Lombok Gets A Twice-Daily Jakarta Link

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Indonesia's aviation sector continues to expand domestic links even as regional fuel pressures mount, with TransNusa's Lombok launch representing a long-term bet on island tourism demand.
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Western Union Bets On Consumer Wallet Infrastructure To Compete In Asia Pacific

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Western Union's "Beyond" strategy is now backed by a live wallet platform, giving it direct access to Singapore's digital payments market.
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BNM Approval Positions Airwallex Among Malaysia’s Most Licensed Non-Bank Fintechs

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With 80 licences globally, Airwallex is now one of Malaysia's most comprehensively licensed non-bank financial services providers.
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Pope Leo Calls For Peace, Renewal In His 1st Easter Mass Message

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The Easter Mass message called for global peace and a renewed sense of purpose among believers.
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Chinese Firms Lock Up USD 600 Million in Indonesia’s First Waste-to-Energy Contracts

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Indonesia is reframing its urban waste emergency as a sovereign infrastructure priority managed through Danantara.
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DBS And POSB Services Disrupted For 90 Minutes, Prompting Fresh Regulatory Scrutiny

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DBS shares fell 0.5 percent on March 19 as investors registered the outage. The bigger risk is regulatory response, not a single trading session.
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