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GasCo, Pipeline Expiries, And Qatar LNG: Why Singapore’s Energy Exposure Warranted Its Apex Crisis Committee

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Minister Shanmugam confirmed the HCMC had been working for several weeks before its public announcement on April 2.
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From PHP95 To Empty: Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Runs Out Of Fuel Entirely

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The Bongao fuel emergency is not simply an oil price story — it is a supply chain geography story, exposing how the Philippines' single refinery in Luzon leaves southern island communities deeply exposed.
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Indonesia Extends QRIS To South Korea As Fifth Cross-Border Payment Link

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Malaysia remains QRIS's most active cross-border corridor, recording 10.66 million transactions since its May 2023 launch.
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Ripple Embeds Digital Asset Accounts Into Corporate Treasury For The First Time

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Stablecoin regulation is advancing in the US, EU, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Ripple Treasury launched precisely at that inflection point.
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MDP Launch Marks New Era For Vietnam’s Digital Payment Infrastructure

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MDP signed an agreement at launch to integrate digital payments into Vietnam's national e-identification app VNeID, linking payments to biometric identity.
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Digital Remittances Surge 70 Percent As Malaysia Closes In On Cashless Milestone

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Digital remittances surged 70% to RM31.6 billion in 2025, now representing over half of all outward remittances from Malaysia, according to BNM.
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FIKRALab Expands Malaysia’s Islamic Capital Market Innovation Beyond Fintech

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FIKRALab's Maqasid al-Shariah Clinics will bring regulators, advisers, and industry experts together to strengthen Islamic capital products.
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Hong Kong Takes The Top Two Spots At Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026 And What It Means For The Region

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Vietnam's Anan Saigon and the Philippines' Celera both featured in the 2026 extended list, broadening Southeast Asia's culinary representation.
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G-7 Vows To Take All Necessary Steps For Energy Market Stability

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Officials said the move aims to prevent disruptions amid ongoing global tensions.
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Malaysia And Japan Deepen Technology Ties As Bilateral Investment Surpasses RM142 Billion

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Malaysia broke its investment record in 2025 with RM426.7 billion in approved investment, up 11%, as foreign investment rose 20.9% to RM207.1 billion.
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Central Highlands Meets South Central Coast: Gia Lai’s Integrated Growth Play After The Binh Dinh Merger

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FLC Group pledged approximately US$5.7 billion for an integrated complex covering airport expansion, logistics, resort tourism, and large-scale urban development.
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Data Centers, Fuel Shocks, And A 157-GW Forecast Drive ASEAN’s Nuclear Reckoning

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Malaysia is exploring nuclear specifically to power its expanding data center sector. AI infrastructure demand is now a direct input into regional nuclear policy.
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Nium Connects Digital Dollar Holdings To Global Merchant Networks

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Nium's 38 million annual card tokens form the foundation for its new stablecoin-backed enterprise payment offering.
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Circle Ventures Leads Tazapay Extension As Stablecoin Infrastructure Bets Grow

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Tazapay's CEO expects stablecoins to drive a threefold revenue increase in 2026 as enterprise adoption accelerates.
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Thailand’s Fuel Export Carve-Outs Reveal Cross-Border Power Dependencies

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Bangkok is now studying whether importing finished fuel from abroad for Laos could free five million liters of domestic refinery output per day.
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Japan Begins 1st Release Of State Oil Reserves In 4 Years

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Officials said the release will help ensure steady fuel availability amid rising global uncertainties.
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Avalon Airport Enters The International Arena As Jetstar Launches Bali Flights

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Bali-origin inbound traffic arriving at Avalon could shift tourism spending toward Geelong and western Victoria.
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D&L Chief: Decades Of Experience Prepare Firm For Global Disruptions

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D&L’s leadership underscores the importance of adaptability, noting that previous experiences have strengthened their ability to manage supply chain and market fluctuations.
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Regulated Crypto Access: What Bursa Malaysia’s ETF Consultation Signals

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Malaysia joins Hong Kong and Singapore in advancing exchange-listed digital asset products, each taking distinct regulatory approaches suited to their markets.
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Inside Mastercard’s Push To Embed Crypto Into Global Payment Rails

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Southeast Asia's massive remittance corridors stand to be reshaped by Mastercard's stablecoin-linked cross-border payment infrastructure.
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PNB Holdings Corp. To List On PSE by Way Of Introduction, Bypassing Traditional IPO Route

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LT Group seeks strategic investors with property development expertise to unlock PNB Holdings' prime land assets.
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From Frontier To Emerging: Vietnam’s Capital Market Reform Agenda Reaches Critical Milestone In 2026

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Vietnam's FTSE upgrade would place it alongside China, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the secondary emerging market tier.
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Singapore’s MAS Publishes AI Risk Operationalisation Handbook As Agentic AI Enters Financial Services

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MAS is establishing an AI risk workgroup under BuildFin.ai to extend MindForge guidance to agentic AI systems across Singapore's financial sector.
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FOMO Pay Targets Agentic Commerce With AI Soundbox Built For Programmable Payments

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FOMO Pay is building an AI intelligence layer onto the Soundbox, letting merchants query their own transaction data in real time.
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Longer-Duration Storage Technology Still Years Away For Most ASEAN Markets

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FESSIA was launched in late 2025 to bridge the gap between storage industry readiness and the policy frameworks Southeast Asian governments have yet to build.
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Vietnam Targets 2031 Nuclear Commissioning Amid Fuel Emergency

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Japan exited Ninh Thuan 2 in January over timeline concerns. France, South Korea, and the US are now reported to be competing for that contract.
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From Record Profits To Route Suspensions: Vietnam Airlines Confronts A Fuel Supply Emergency

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Vietnam's government has proposed a 100% exemption from environmental protection tax on aviation fuel through May 2026 as the industry seeks relief.
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Japan Trains Foreign Workers For Railway Maintenance

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Officials said the program will help sustain railway operations amid a shortage of maintenance staff.
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‘Big Dawgs’ Hitmaker Hanumankind Set For April 2026 Asia Tour, Including Hong Kong

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A growing global audience meets Hanumankind on tour, as his music crosses borders and cultures.
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AI-Driven Restructuring At HSBC Puts Asia Service Centers On Notice

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HSBC is already ahead of its US$1.5 billion cost-savings target. The AI workforce review comes from a position of financial strength, not distress.
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HLB Islamic Launches Hayat Proposition As Shariah Banking Enters New Competitive Phase

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HLB Islamic CEO Dafinah Ahmed Hilmi says financial planning should follow a customer's full life arc, from a child's first savings to legacy arrangements.
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Bhumjaithai Coalition Takes Shape As DPPA Scheme And Power Development Plan Sit In Limbo

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Thailand's solar water pump program for 700,000 rai of farmland was part of Anutin's flagship rural energy agenda. Like the DPPA, it needs NEPC approval and has been frozen since parliament dissolved in December.
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From Loss To Profit: Grab Holdings Files 20-F Confirming Southeast Asia Superapp Milestone

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With 50.5 million monthly transacting users, Grab's platform scale is now backing a profitable business model.
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Vietnam’s E10 Acceleration: A Crisis-Driven Pivot Or Durable Policy Shift?

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Vietnam had six ethanol plants on paper. Fewer than half operate near capacity. The accelerated rollout will test whether supply meets the policy timeline.
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Singapore’s 3 GWp Solar Target And Hormuz Shock Converge To Accelerate Rooftop Portfolio M&A

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The Arkema VPPA on Jurong Island, the Maiora portfolio acquisition, and the advanced VPPA discussions with unnamed industrial buyers form a coherent platform strategy: aggregate distributed capacity, offer standardized contracts, scale from a bankable balance sheet.
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SGX CEO Loh Boon Chye Commits To Bond Futures Rollout Amid Regional Demand Surge

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Geopolitical tensions and a global bond selloff are accelerating demand for Asian rate hedging tools. SGX's imminent product launch is timed to meet that institutional need.
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Indonesia And Japan Sign Critical Minerals And Nuclear Energy Pact At Tokyo Forum

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Japan's METI and Indonesia's ESDM ministers signed two memoranda covering minerals and nuclear energy in Tokyo.
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Laos’ 97 Percent Thai Fuel Dependence Exposed As Regional Energy Crisis Enters Third Week

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The Lao-Vietnam deal includes border fuel storage, shared pipelines, and power grid infrastructure linking both countries' energy systems.
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Singapore And Malaysia Refinery Output Falls As Asia’s Complex Margin Hits Near Four-Year High

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The IEA called this the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. Southeast Asia, with limited reserves and high import dependence, bears the sharpest near-term burden.
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Myanmar’s Industrial Zones Run On Imported LNG While Residential Grid Remains Rationed

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From zero to 500 MW in four months: Myanmar's LNG-to-power restart is now the backbone of Yangon's industrial grid.
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New Bird Species Found In Japan For First Time In 45 Years

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Scientists said the finding highlights the rich biodiversity in southwestern Japan.
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Timo Acquisition Signals Kredivo Group’s Shift From Credit Specialist To Regional Digital Bank

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Kredivo's Timo acquisition signals Indonesian fintechs are exporting proven credit models into high-growth regional banking markets.
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How 2C2P’s Airline Payment Stack Is Positioning Sun PhuQuoc Airways For Multi-Market Digital Commerce

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The 2C2P and M-PAY deal with Sun PhuQuoc Airways signals Vietnam's aviation sector is maturing its digital payments stack rapidly.
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From Tax Cuts To EV Mandates: Laos Deploys Multi-Layer Policy Response To March 2026 Fuel Supply Shock

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Laos has ordered transport companies to ensure EVs make up at least 10% of their fleets by end-2026. A fuel crisis is accelerating a transition that incentives alone had not.
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Indonesia Targets 500 MW Of Nuclear Power By 2033 As Japan Offers Technology Transfer And Export Credit Financing

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Indonesia has harbored nuclear ambitions since the 1960s. A five-year MoC with Japan is a step forward, but the Nuclear Energy Program Implementation Organization has not yet been formally established. The path remains long.
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How British Airways Is Rebuilding Its Australia Network Through Southeast Asia

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British Airways doubles its Australian footprint with a new daily Melbourne service from early 2027.
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Why Constant Stimulation Is The Invisible Tax On Your Thinking

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There is a reason the clearest decisions in your life happened during a walk, a long drive, or an unexpected stretch of quiet. That is not a coincidence. That is how the brain actually works when it is allowed to.
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Chinese SMEs And Global Suppliers Get A Faster Payment Bridge Through Mastercard Move

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Mastercard is systematically building out Mastercard Move's coverage across APAC, rail by rail. The Bank of Shanghai deal is the latest piece in that infrastructure strategy.
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How DBS SecureFX Gives Singapore Businesses Rate Certainty For Cross-Border Payments

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The full rollout of DBS SecureFX to all Singapore corporate clients reflects a broader push by the bank to embed FX risk management directly into its corporate banking platform.
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EBANX Completes MAS Major Payment Institution License And Prepares Singapore Hub Launch

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Africa more than tripled its TPV contribution to EBANX in 2025, illustrating how APAC merchant expansion into new regions is driving demand for licensed cross-border payment infrastructure.
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