The global fintech ecosystem is entering a pivotal phase marked by regulatory shifts, evolving business models, and rapid technological advancement. As fintech matures, the focus is shifting from disruption to integration, with collaboration between fintech firms, traditional financial institutions, and regulators becoming essential.

SINGAPORE: It was deja vu Friday (Aug 29) in Thailand when the country’s powerful nine-member Constitutional Court sacked Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over what it ruled was an ethics violation. 

Indonesia holds significant potential to enhance food and nutrition security through greater integration of blue foods—nutrient-rich aquatic plants and animals—into its food system. Despite being the second-largest fish producer globally and leading ASEAN in production value, the country struggles with underutilization of marine-based food resources due to challenges in infrastructure, distribution, and policy coherence. Small-scale fisheries dominate the sector but face high post-harvest losses and limited access to markets.

.Urban density in Thailand’s major cities—Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, and Songkla—is closely linked to higher labour productivity, with a 1% increase in density associated with an 8.9% rise in hourly wages due to factors such as agglomeration economies, knowledge spillovers, and improved access to skilled labour.

Indonesia’s Q2 2025 GDP growth of 5.12% year-on-year with a sharp 4.04% quarterly jump paints an optimistic picture, driven by surging investment (+6.99%), double-digit export growth (10.67%), and robust gains in manufacturing and digital services.

In a world increasingly rocked by trade tensions, geopolitical unease, and climate shocks, the World Bank’s April 2025 Commodity Markets

Thailand has just taken a big step in making its labour market more transparent by building its first Beveridge curve, a tool that maps the relationship between job vacancies and unemployment.

The Thailand Industry Outlook over the next 3 years (2025-2027) covers a range of factors impacting the industries. Those factors include opportunities and challenges that represent the attractiveness of each industry depending on the macroeconomic environment and sector-specific factors.e-minute audio excerpt was leaked.

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra made a private phone call to Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen, a former prime minister who remains the dominant political figure in the country. Three days later, a nine-minute audio excerpt was leaked.