The Southeast Asian Journal

China exports more than US$3 trillion annually. SMEs make up 93.6% of those exporters. Mastercard and Bank of Shanghai just made it easier for them to get paid.

Global Energy Monitor: USD 107 billion in proposed LNG infrastructure in South Asia is now at risk of cancellation or delay. Two supply shocks in four years are doing what no policy paper could.

Japan, South Korea, and Australia are at the front of the line for IEA emergency oil. The Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam queue at the market.

Malaysia's National Energy Transition Roadmap calls for 10,000 EV charging stations and 70% renewable energy installed capacity by 2050. Cape Renewables' nationwide EV charging mapping platform is a direct play on the infrastructure gap that NETR is designed to close.

Bank Indonesia delivered 125 basis points of rate cuts through 2025. That easing cycle is now paused indefinitely, with the Iran war and a weakening rupiah reshaping the calculus for corporate borrowing and investment in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

The move aims to maintain steady energy supply as geopolitical tensions affect global oil routes.

Vietnam has no standalone digital banking licence regime. The Kredivo-Timo entity will continue operating through Viet Capital Bank as its licensed partner.

From rural bank to potential thrift bank, Salmon Bank's capital trajectory reflects the BSP's broader push to strengthen and modernize the Philippine rural banking sector.

Eduardo de Abreu has relocated to Singapore as both Chief Product Officer and regional CEO, signaling EBANX's commitment to senior leadership on the ground in APAC.

PAP Chairperson Cruz told senators the 2022 extension of the Malampaya Service Contract enabled the country's first offshore gas discovery in over a decade, and potentially its most timely.