Tag: ASEAN

How AML laws target global human trafficking

Human trafficking and money laundering are two interlinked crimes that together enable vast networks of exploitation. With human trafficking generating billions in illicit revenue...

How geopolitics is reshaping global markets, trade and investment

At the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in April 2025, LSEG and Eurasia Group convened a closed-door roundtable to examine the reshaping of...

CIMB Bank partners with ACI Worldwide to unify real-time and cross-border...

CIMB Bank has partnered with global payments technology leader ACI Worldwide to consolidate all account-to-account payment types onto a single, next-generation platform.

Asean introduces ESG framework to support SMEs in supply chains

The Asean Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) has unveiled a new simplified guide designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Southeast Asia improve how they report environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices to their stakeholders.

How Singapore’s SAT is pioneering sustainable finance in ASEAN

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently released a detailed information note on the application of the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (SAT) across various sectors.

M2P Fintech secures $102m in Series D funding to bolster banking...

M2P Fintech, the cornerstone of Asia's banking infrastructure, has recently secured a significant $102m in the first close of its Series D financing.

Maybank invests in Funding Societies to drive MSME digital finance in...

Maybank, which serves over one million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across ASEAN, announced today a significant investment in Funding Societies | Modalku, Southeast Asia's foremost unified digital finance platform for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Huize makes strategic move into Vietnam with Global Care acquisition

Huize Holding Limited, a leading insurance technology platform in Asia, has acquired Global Care Consulting Joint Stock Company, a pioneering InsurTech company in Vietnam, specializing in digital transformation solutions for the insurance industry.

Apis Partners’ strategic exit from GHL boosts ASEAN payments leader

Apis Growth Fund I, a private equity fund managed by UK-based asset manager Apis Partners LLP, has announced a complete exit from its investment in ASEAN payments provider GHL.

ASEAN’s influence on the Philippines’ AML approaches

Established on 8 August 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organisation consisting of ten countries in Southeast Asia. With the overarching goal of promoting political and economic cooperation and regional stability, ASEAN has been instrumental in fostering collaboration and integration among its member states.

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