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Vietnam's grid now ranks second largest in Southeast Asia at 87,600 MW, yet the government must add up to 10,000 MW per year through 2030 to meet demand targets.

WestJet and Fiji Airways formalize a South Pacific axis, effective May 2026, bookable on both sites.

FinTech Alliance PH is calling for clearer policies, higher capitalization floors, and tighter enforcement as the Philippines prepares its most significant digital lending regulatory overhaul since 2021.

With Phan Thiet Airport under construction and Phu Quoc already repositioned as a destination airport, Sun Group’s GMR partnership gives Vietnam’s private aviation sector its most credible international operating benchmark yet.

With DuitNow-QRIS already commercially live, the May 2026 MoU points toward deeper infrastructure alignment between Malaysia and Indonesia's financial systems.

TNG Digital’s reliability-driven feature removal signals a maturing but still operationally constrained e-wallet market in Malaysia.

The Akatara gas field in Jambi, Jadestone's current Indonesia asset, supplies power generation demand in Batam and LPG to local markets, demonstrating the company's track record as an operator of gas infrastructure tied to the national grid.

Southeast Asia’s remittance corridors are a stated priority. Western Union’s on-chain strategy targets markets where it has underperformed for years.

For fintechs in Singapore, MAS’s AI scam exercise signals a direction of travel: industry-wide fraud infrastructure governed at the regulator level.

LH Bank’s THB 1.8 billion loan for EQ Phuket signals strong lender confidence in Thailand’s premium beachfront hospitality market.