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Skyro Enters Malaysia As Consumer Credit Oversight Tightens

Skyro's Malaysian licence adds another digital lender to a consumer credit market that is under closer regulatory watch.

Alpaca Positions Singapore As Southeast Asia Base Following MAS Approval

For regional financial institutions, a licensed Singapore counterparty could simplify how they offer international investment products to customers.

SP Group Tariff Revision Reflects July To September Gas Prices

The quarterly lag in Singapore's tariff formula means fuel price movements reach household bills one quarter later.

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Malaysia Formalizes Regulator-Industry Co-Creation For Shariah-Compliant Capital Products

Metropolitan Asia - April 1, 2026

FIKRALab targets innovators, financial institutions, academia, and technology providers through annual structured cohort cycles.

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MAS Releases Practical AI Risk Handbook For Banks, Insurers, And Capital Market Firms

Metropolitan Asia - March 26, 2026

With agentic AI entering financial services, the MindForge toolkit addresses governance gaps that existing frameworks were not designed to cover.

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FOMO Pay AI Soundbox Merges Card, QR, And On-Chain Payments At The Point Of Sale

Metropolitan Asia - March 26, 2026

With its DPT licence and Elliptic integration, FOMO Pay sets a compliance benchmark for stablecoin point-of-sale payments in Southeast Asia.

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Kredivo Group’s Timo Acquisition Tests Whether BNPLl Infrastructure Can Scale Into Full Digital Banking

Metropolitan Asia - March 19, 2026

FinAccel's prior minority stake in Timo has converted into full ownership, consolidating Kredivo's Vietnam position under one entity.

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2C2P And M-PAY Bring Multi-Channel Payment Orchestration To Sun PhuQuoc Airways In Vietnam

Metropolitan Asia - March 19, 2026

The M-PAY and 2C2P partnership for Sun PhuQuoc Airways is set to expand beyond Vietnam into other Asian markets in later phases.

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Indonesia’s Kredivo Takes Full Control Of Vietnam’s First Digital Bank Timo

Metropolitan Asia - March 16, 2026

Two acquisitions in two months: GajiGesa in February, Timo in March. Kredivo Group's regional consolidation strategy is moving fast.

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How Salmon Bank Is Building One Of The Philippines’ Most Capitalized Challenger Bank Platforms

Metropolitan Asia - March 16, 2026

Philippine digital banking is getting more competitive. Salmon Bank's recapitalization is one of the clearer signals that challenger banks are playing a long game.

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How EBANX’s MAS Licence And Singapore HQ Position It For APAC’s Next Growth Phase

Metropolitan Asia - March 16, 2026

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.

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