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With a MAS licence secured and a headquarters set to open, EBANX is building the regulatory and operational foundation for its next phase of APAC expansion.

Manila is in parallel talks with Indonesia on coal supply and with First Gas Power Corporation on uncommitted domestic gas volumes as it manages an LNG supply shock with no single domestic fix.

Vietnam's annual power investment requirement exceeds $27 billion through 2030 under the Revised PDP8. The GE Vernova HVDC plant is among the first foreign manufacturing investments calibrated to that infrastructure scale.

Vietnam cut fuel import taxes to zero and deployed its Price Stabilisation Fund within the same week.

Thunes appoints a new CTPO and CFO as it scales AI across a 130-plus-country payments network.

Singapore Gulf Bank expands SGB Net to support regulated stablecoin settlement for institutional clients across Asia and the GCC.

ShopeePay launches cross-border QR payments via Alipay+, reaching 150 million merchants across 100 markets instantly.

IFC invests US$40 million in Zetrix AI to build blockchain and AI public infrastructure across Malaysia and ASEAN.

Malaysia's largest IPO in nine years is fully subscribed. Sunway Healthcare Holdings Berhad confirmed its RM1.45 price on March 9, with the retail tranche closing 5.57 times oversubscribed — 77,236 applications received for 1.51 billion shares against 230 million available.

Vietnam opened 2026 with $3.21 billion in realized FDI, the highest two-month disbursement in five years.