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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

The CNBC Top 500 gave Southeast Asia 37 entries and Singapore holds most of them
The CNBC Global Top 500 Fintechs 2026 named 37 Southeast Asian companies, with Singapore holding 27 of them. The concentration tells a specific story about how the region's fintech maturity is distributed.
APAC Intelligence7 min read

Monday, September 7, 2026

Singapore put its stablecoin rules into law while the G20 keeps talking
Singapore's MAS published draft stablecoin legislation on 1 September 2026, moving oversight from guidance into statute.
APAC Intelligence3 min read

Friday, August 14, 2026

Thailand virtual banking versus Singapore digital banking: two inclusion strategies
Thailand licensed three virtual banks in 2025 for a 2026 launch with a high capital floor, while Singapore awarded four digital bank licences in 2020 with a wholesale-retail split, showing two different inclusion paths.
Market Authority3 min read

Sunday, August 2, 2026

Singapore and Thailand Just Signed a Deal to Fight Financial Fraud Together
The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Bank of Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding on July 24, 2026 covering threat intelligence sharing, joint staff training and cross-border cyber crisis exercises. It is a direct response to fraud that no single regulator can contain alone.
APAC Intelligence3 min read

Monday, July 13, 2026

Singapore Just Wrote the Rulebook for AI Agents That Move Real Money
On July 3, 2026, Singapore's central bank and eight major financial firms published SAFR, a framework for keeping autonomous AI agents inside safe limits as they make payments, submit trades, and approve credit. It is one of the first serious attempts anywhere to govern AI that acts on money at machine speed.
APAC Intelligence5 min read