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Technology has changed how people approach online trading. You can now access essential market data and trading platforms from almost anywhere. AI and automation make this process much faster and easier. These tools review large amounts of data and manage your routine tasks. However, AI tools cannot forecast every market outcome accurately. You still need to review your choices and manage your risk carefully. Keep reading and learn about the role of these innovative technologies! How Traders Use AI Tools You can use various AI tools at different stages of the trading process. They will help you analyze essential information…

GCSA Agent has demonstrated its capability in autonomous vulnerability analysis and Proof-of-Concept (PoC) generation by scoring 91.3% on the challenging CyberGym benchmark. This result places it in the “Leading Systems Above 90%” category, announced the Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCSA) from Hong Kong on August 29, 2026. Developed by researchers at UC Berkeley, CyberGym is a large-scale, real-world cybersecurity evaluation framework. It comprises 1,507 historical vulnerability test cases across 188 major software projects, designed to assess AI agents’ practical abilities in genuine vulnerability analysis scenarios. Unlike traditional AI benchmarks that focus on code understanding or static analysis, CyberGym requires agents to…

Ask Shawn Yan what has shaped Cregis over the past nine years, and he is unlikely to begin with technology. Instead, he talks about the environment in which the company was built: a market where infrastructure providers had to move quickly, adapt constantly, and earn trust through execution. As the founder and CEO of Cregis, and a serial entrepreneur who has spent more than a decade building businesses across fintech and digital assets, Yan has learned that lasting infrastructure is rarely defined by innovation alone. It is defined by whether that innovation can support real businesses, complex workflows, and the…

The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) has approved Star Fintech, operator of the Umoney digital financial services platform, to participate in Laos’ regulatory sandbox for digital lending, making it the first company in the country authorised to test digital lending under the framework. The approval, granted in June 2026, comes as Laos continues to develop its digital financial ecosystem beyond payments. While mobile connectivity and smartphone adoption have expanded rapidly, access to formal credit remains comparatively limited, creating an opportunity for regulated digital lending models to address customers who have traditionally been underserved by conventional financial institutions. Bridging Laos’…

As Malaysian businesses process more data, rely on cloud services and digitalize core operations, internal threats are becoming harder to ignore. Sensitive information can be exposed not only by hackers, but also through accidental or deliberate leaks, employee negligence, conflicts of interest, misuse of access rights or risky user behavior. We spoke with Lev Matveev, founder of SearchInform, about why insider threats are becoming a critical business risk in Malaysia and how companies can strengthen internal security. SearchInform focuses on protection against insider threats. What exactly are these risks? All cyber threats can generally be divided into two categories: external…

If you are picking a forex broker in Australia, the single most useful thing to check first is who regulates it. In Australia that job belongs to ASIC, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. An ASIC licence does not promise you profits or a good experience, but it does set hard limits on how much risk a broker can hand a retail trader, and those limits change the maths of trading more than any spread or bonus. Here is what the rules actually do, and where they stop. Who ASIC is and why it matters ASIC is the government body…

If you took out a home loan before 2021 and haven’t looked closely at your bank statements since, there’s a good chance the benchmark quietly underpinning your monthly repayments has changed entirely. Singapore banks have phased out SIBOR (the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate) and SOR (Swap Offer Rate) in favour of SORA, the Singapore Overnight Rate Average. The shift was driven by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as part of a global move away from interbank offered rates, which regulators found were vulnerable to manipulation and increasingly reliant on thin trading volumes. SORA, by contrast, is calculated from actual overnight…

Agnes AI has launched Agnes-2.5-Flash, the newest generation of its text model, purpose-built for coding and agentic tasks. The company also announced Agnes-2.5-Pro, a larger flagship model aimed at more complex, long-running agent work, which follows later this month. Alongside the model release, Agnes AI introduced Agnes Code, a desktop workspace where developers can put the new model to work directly inside real projects. “The constraint on agentic coding isn’t capability. It’s cost. Agnes-2.5-Flash removes that constraint entirely. Agnes-2.5-Pro pushes further for teams that need more depth.” said Bruce Yang, Founder & CEO of Agnes AI. Coding agents got more…

A development partner gets evaluated on more than speed and price now. Documentation, data handling, and how a team responds when something breaks carry real weight in the decision. The Brief Has Changed Singapore’s fintech scene has matured fast. The latest Fintech Map counts 520 companies in the ecosystem, up from the year before, and regtech alone now makes up over 12 percent of that mix. Founders increasingly want to know how a development team handles data, documentation, and accountability before a single line of code gets written. Part of this comes from regulation tightening across the financial sector generally.…

TradeTogether and Pinetree Securities have announced a strategic collaboration to widen institutional access to AI infrastructure investments. TradeTogether is a Singapore-based licensed asset management firm, while Pinetree Securities is a subsidiary of Hanwha Investment & Securities. As part of the strategic collaboration, TradeTogether intends to develop an investment strategy focused on opportunities across the AI infrastructure supply chain. This includes GPU-related infrastructure and data centre ecosystems. The strategy will be accessible through both traditional fund units denominated in fiat currency and a tokenised representation of the same investment interests. This will allow investors to access the same exposure through either…

Parents want a smooth start that helps children feel secure and ready for learning. Early structure shapes how children respond to new environments and daily expectations. A clear routine builds comfort and reduces uncertainty in the first stage of education. When exploring kindergarten schools in Singapore, families often notice how daily schedules support steady development. Singapore provides structured learning spaces where routines help children build confidence, focus, and positive habits from an early age. Builds a Sense of Security in Young Children A predictable day helps children feel safe and comfortable. When children know what comes next, they respond with…

School culture shapes student motivation and mindset through consistent values, expectations, and daily interactions. Educators and families should recognise this influence and take deliberate steps toward improvement. Strong cultural direction supports a steady academic focus and strengthens long-term educational commitment. Action should centre on selecting environments that prioritise strong cultural foundations. Within Singapore, schools reflect disciplined systems and carefully organised academic expectations across different institutions. Conversations about the best secondary schools frequently highlight culture as a defining element of academic success. These institutions show how organised environments and supportive relationships guide student behaviour and mindset. Singapore continues to demonstrate how…

A school search today feels less about proximity and more about purpose. Families are no longer satisfied with basic academic outcomes. They look for environments that shape identity, adaptability, and long-term direction. Singapore has gained attention because its education system aligns with these expectations in a structured yet flexible way. This article explores fresh and distinct reasons behind this growing demand, focusing on evolving priorities, lifestyle alignment, and how schools here respond to modern educational needs. Future-Ready Curriculum Choices Shape Decisions When families explore the best schools in Singapore​ , curriculum depth becomes a major factor. Schools offer globally recognised…

Education shapes future outcomes, and teaching style plays a central role within that process. Strong instructional methods support clear understanding, consistent progress, and confident academic behaviour among pupils. Schools that apply thoughtful teaching approaches create structured environments with measurable academic growth. Institutions should review instructional practices carefully and refine them for stronger student outcomes. The environment within a well-structured secondary school reflects direct influence from teacher behaviour and instructional decisions. Clear communication, structured lessons, and consistent expectations guide student response and academic focus effectively. Every teaching method within classrooms contributes to discipline, academic progress, and overall student performance. Effective strategies…

Agnes AI, a Singapore-headquartered AI model company that develops and trains its own full modality foundation models entirely in-house, today unveiled three major milestones in a single announcement: it has become the first Singapore-born AI model company to be listed on the Artificial Analysis global benchmark leaderboard with a top 10 AI lab placement; it is opening free access to its complete model suite for a limited period; and it is joining Singapore’s National AI Impact Program in partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and AI Singapore, contributing its proprietary AI models to support the nationwide upskilling of…

When Thailand’s AMLO froze more than 20 billion baht in assets connected to Cambodian businessman Yim Leak and his wife and co-investor Veereenyah Yim, most international coverage treated it as a law enforcement story. AP News carried the legal team’s response. IBTimes UK framed it as an FDI question. FXStreet examined the pooled-liquidity mechanics. But a May 2026 special investigation by South Korea’s Diplomacy Journal, published as Seoul and Bangkok moved toward a bilateral EPA, named the underlying risk more precisely: commingling. Between 40 and 55 percent of cross-border fund flows into Thailand move through pooled settlement accounts operated by…

If you looked at the FinTech sector a few years ago, it was actually quite clear what it was all about: new apps, new payment methods, everything faster, more modern, sleeker. It was very much about what you could see and use directly. Today, that has shifted considerably. The most exciting developments often happen behind the scenes – in other words, where ordinary users don’t even look. Digital infrastructure has now become something of a foundation. Without it, nothing works anymore. The focus is no longer on the product In the past, the thinking was often: we’ll build a product…

e23, a venture and technology company building financial infrastructure for institutional markets, has announced a strategic partnership and investment with Virtuals Protocol, an economic operating system enabling AI agents to transact, raise funds, and coordinate work autonomously, at a $20 million company valuation. The investment will accelerate e23’s development of its Layer-1 sovereign blockchain with post- quantum cryptography embedded at the base protocol level, positioning the company at the forefront of Malaysia’s national strategy to mandate quantum resilient infrastructure across critical sectors by 2030. Malaysia is entering a defining phase of its digital finance evolution. The Securities Commission’s Capital Market…

Crossfin is expanding its investment focus beyond South Africa as it looks for fintech opportunities in other emerging markets. The shift follows several exits in recent years, including Retail Capital’s sale to TymeBank in 2022, Adumo’s sale to Lesaka Technologies in 2024 and iKhokha’s sale to Nedbank in 2025. Since November 2021, Crossfin has returned more than R2 billion to shareholders and completed three exits. Founded in 2017 by Anton Gaylard and Dean Sparrow, Crossfin invests in high-growth and cash-generative fintech businesses that support access to financial services. Its portfolio focus includes payments, funding, banking, software and embedded finance. Anton…

Cross-border payroll is no longer a side function tucked behind HR workflows and month-end routines. If you hire across markets, pay contractors in multiple currencies, or run distributed teams at any real scale, payroll now sits much closer to your payments stack, compliance engine, and treasury operation than many companies ever expected. What once looked like back-office administration is fast becoming a core part of how your business moves money. That shift is not cosmetic. Payroll is one of the few financial workflows you simply cannot afford to get wrong. The damage shows up in employee trust, regulatory exposure, financial…