Singapore – – November 01, 2026 -- Thunes now routes instant cross-border payouts of up to $10,000 per recipient per day to UnionPay cards in mainland China, covering 79 major banks, after deepening its alliance with UnionPay International (UPI).

HONG KONG – November 01, 2026 -- RD Technologies is building stablecoin-backed settlement routes between Ghana and Asia with Stanbic Bank Ghana and Transika, and will support RDUSD, a US dollar stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., as a new settlement option in its ecosystem.

TOKYO – October 31, 2026 -- NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, Inc. has been named Runner-Up in the Asia-Pacific Communications Service Providers (CSPs) category of the Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards 2026 for its AI-native, SaaS-based communication service docomo business ANCAR, finishing directly behind the Winner.

The result extends the company's run at the awards to two consecutive years. In 2025, it became the first Japan-based company to win the APAC category, for docomo business RINK, a network-as-a-service (NaaS) offering that combines network and security functions.

Kuala Lumpur – October 31, 2026 -- ASEAN Records and ASIA Records have been certified to ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System) by SGS, with the audit of their record application process finding no nonconformities.

Certificate runs three years under UKAS and DSM accreditation

The certification is valid from 30 September 2026 to 30 September 2029. It carries accreditation from UKAS (United Kingdom) and the Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM), under Certificate Nos. MY26/00000647 (UKAS) and MY26/00000648 (DSM).

BEIJING – October 30, 2026 -- The 11th Global Mazu Culture Forum opens October 31 in Putian, Fujian Province, with overseas guests from 47 countries and regions and the release of version 2.0 of China's open-source Mass Conservation Ocean Model (MaCOM).

MaCOM 2.0 goes open-source worldwide at the Putian forum

The forum runs through November 2. It comprises a main forum, 10 thematic forums and supporting events across 13 additional venues. MaCOM was developed independently by China and will be available globally as open-source software.

TAIPEI – October 30, 2026 -- HanchorBio (TWSE: 7827) has received Taiwan Food and Drug Administration approval for the Investigational New Drug application for HCB303, its trispecific TIGIT-Fc ligand-trap fusion protein, following U.S. FDA clearance. The approval was granted to its wholly owned subsidiary, FBD Biologics Limited, and gives the asset regulatory authorization for clinical investigation in two jurisdictions.

HONG KONG – October 30, 2026 -- Nasdaq-listed TROOPS, Inc. (TROO) has signed a term sheet with Young Platform S.p.A. to license a proprietary digital asset exchange platform, a deal that becomes binding on November 1, 2026.

BEIJING – October 30, 2026 -- Zhejiang province is applying digital twins, smart farming systems and a province-wide government services app across its villages, extending a rural development program launched in 2003, according to a China.org.cn report.

Singapore – October 30, 2026 -- Singapore Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon told judges that the closer artificial intelligence comes to exercising judgment, the greater the need for restraint, and that human judgment must stay central to the administration of justice.

TAIPEI – October 30, 2026 -- Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) (TWSE: 2317) unveiled three new reference electric vehicles, lifting its EV range to 12 models and extending its contract design and manufacturing service (CDMS) offer into Japan's kei-class trucks.

The MODEL A+ SUV, MODEL K+ SUV and MODEL K compact truck target under-penetrated markets. Foxconn is pitching them as cost-competitive options built on flexible design platforms for automotive clients.