Regulation Stories

Asian Stories

Regulation stories

Manulife promotes Andy Bruce to Chief Information Officer

The promotion underscores Manulife's push to simplify systems and expand AI across Asia as insurers race to modernise ageing technology.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Today

Global Stories

Regulation stories

Semiconductors

FedEx study sees Asia Pacific semiconductor expansion

Geopolitical risks are prompting chipmakers to spread production across Asia Pacific, with 35% planning expansion into new regional markets.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Today

Data governance

AI raises cyber risk as firms race to boost resilience

Boards are being pushed to treat recoverability as a frontline cyber issue, as AI lets attackers move faster and widen attacks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Today

Entrepreneurship

Ireland startups face funding gap as scale-up push grows

Irish founders risk being forced overseas to raise later-stage cash unless the new €1 billion scaling fund eases the gap, speakers warned.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 6 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Sapiens launches AI foundation for insurance platforms

It is designed to curb hallucinations and model drift by grounding insurer workflows in decades of sector-specific data, code and documentation.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Today

Crypto

CoinPayments names Aaron Budiman Asia Pacific director

The hire comes as payments firms race to tap Asia Pacific's fast-growing crypto market, where CoinPayments is betting on stablecoin transfers.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Today

Fintech

G+D & FraudAverse join forces against payment fraud

Banks in the Americas are set to get faster fraud checks as the tie-up targets instant payment scams and card-not-present losses.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Risk & Compliance

Sphera launches AI tools to link sustainability to decisions

The tools aim to help firms turn scattered environmental data into decisions on capital, procurement and product design as rules tighten.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • Yesterday

Fintech

APAC institutions eye mainstream digital asset use

APAC institutions are ahead of global peers in preparing for tokenised assets, with many expecting mainstream adoption within five years.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Yesterday

Digital Transformation

Hyperlayer joins Asia Pacific fintech lab as finalist

The Hong Kong firm will gain access to major banks and insurers as it seeks customers wary of costly core-system overhauls.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

SAS launches AI Navigator for enterprise governance

Companies struggling with AI sprawl can now map models, agents and use cases against policy rules without changing how they build AI.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Encryption

Should cybersecurity be nationalised?

As attacks increasingly spill across supply chains, policymakers are edging towards treating cyber security as a shared public good, not a private expense.

By Illka Gobius • 5 min read • 4 days ago

Stories from Other Regions

Regulation stories

Local Government

Featherston water race bylaw lapse leaks through policy cracks

Residents and farmers face weaker protection for a 40-kilometre rural water supply after Featherston's bylaw expired two years ago.

By Emily Ireland • 3 min read • Today

Crypto

Coinbase & Samsung make USDC Samsung Wallet default

The move could widen USDC use among Samsung Wallet's 82 million US Galaxy users as the stablecoin becomes the app's default dollar option.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Today

Crypto

Binance Australia backs AusCryptoCon 2026 in Sydney

More than 10,000 people are expected in Sydney as Binance Australia deepens its bet on the country's digital asset sector with a fifth straight year.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Today

Risk & Compliance

Dataiku launches agent management amid UK oversight gap

More than half of British Chief Information Officers have already seen an AI agent breach policy, underlining a growing governance gap for enterprises.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 2 days ago