On 12 February 2026, Budget 2026 was delivered by Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Mr Lawrence Wong. This was the government’s first Budget in its new term and comes at the start of the post-SG60 phase.
This budget also comes at a time of profound global change which, while...
Southeast Asia is in a defining period of economic consolidation. With strengthening trade relationships, accelerating digitalisation, and renewed coordination under Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship, the region is more interconnected than at any point in its history.
Yet despite this momentum, one structural challenge continues to hold back the full...
Malaysian businesses are rapidly adopting AI and data analytics, but weak cybersecurity strategies are leaving them exposed to growing digital threats, according to CPA Australia's Business Technology Survey.While 87 per cent of businesses use data analytics and visualisation tools and 85 per cent have adopted AI, only 18 per...
A regional survey by CPA Australia about business technology adoption collected responses from 1,117 accounting and finance professionals across markets in the Asia-Pacific such as Australia, mainland China, including 154 responses from Hong Kong.
Commenting on the results, Dr Albert Wong, Deputy Chair of CPA Australia's Greater Bay Area Committee...
Startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the lifeblood of Asia’s economies. They account for about 70 percent of jobs and over a third of GDP, and they are at the forefront of the region’s productivity gains. Across industries, SMEs and dynamic startups are using artificial intelligence (AI),...
IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report reveals that AI adoption is greatly outpacing AI security and governance. While the overall number of organizations experiencing an AI-related breach is a small representation of the researched population, this is the first time security, governance and access controls for AI have...
Findings from the National Business Survey 2025 – Annual Business Sentiments Edition released by the Singapore Business Federation has revealed that overall business confidence - measured by the Business Sentiment Index (BSI) - declined from 55.4 in Q2 2025 to 52.2 in Q3 2025.
Sentiment toward Singapore’s economic outlook over...
APEC headlines often center on geopolitics and trade diplomacy, with good reason. However, at the APEC 2025 CEO Forum, themed ‘Bridge, Business, Beyond’, it was clear that beyond the political headlines, a story on artificial intelligence (AI) is also unfolding in Asia-Pacific's boardrooms, factories, and startups where businesses are...
Datuk William Ng is well known in Malaysia for his tireless efforts to champion SMEs. The National President of SAMENTA (Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia), Malaysia’s oldest SME organisation, his advocacy for a pro-SME regulatory environment and productivity-linked incentives has shaped numerous national conversations and policies.
He is...
Checkout.com has launched the inaugural Digital Economy Trust Index, which measures consumer confidence in digital platforms and ranks 16 countries based on security, transparency and user experience in the digital economy.
The ranking reveals a strong direct correlation between consumer trust in the digital economy and individual country GDP growth...
