Asia Pacific Telegraph

Cathay Pacific has suspended remaining passenger services to Dubai and Riyadh. That decision, coming after years of gradual Middle East retrenchment, effectively positions Hong Kong as another non-Gulf gateway for Asia–Europe traffic at the precise moment that role is in highest demand.

Mastercard Move now covers cards, digital wallets, and bank accounts in China, giving payment providers a single platform for cross-border flows into and out of the country.

83% of SMEs in DBS's latest Business Pulse Check Survey plan to internationalise in 2026. SecureFX is the tool DBS is using to support that ambition.

Sakura season begins as cherry trees start flowering in various parts of the country.

With clients including AliExpress, Canva, and Gravity Game Vision, EBANX's Singapore headquarters will serve as a regulatory and product center for its global cross-border payments network.

Sam Reynolds of IEEFA: repeated shocks "refute the case for relying on imported fossil fuels." The argument for domestic renewables has never been easier to make—or harder to fund quickly enough.

IEA Director Birol was clear: reserves buy time, but the only real fix is ships moving through the Strait again.

From EV charger assembly to EV charging infrastructure mapping, Cape EMS's evolution under CEB 2.0 reflects a broader pattern among Malaysian manufacturers repositioning along the clean energy value chain rather than competing purely on contract assembly economics.

For Southeast Asian investors, Bank Indonesia's pivot from easing to stability anchoring is a reference point for the broader regional rate outlook. Indonesia is the canary in the emerging market coal mine on the Iran war's monetary policy consequences.

Officials said the reserve release is meant to stabilize supply amid ongoing geopolitical developments.