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Singapore’s Sapiens Technology Named to the 2026 Forbes Asia 100 to Watch
Sapiens Technology, the Singapore company behind Agnes AI, has been named to the 2026 Forbes Asia 100 to Watch in the Enterprise Technology category. It is one of just 15 Singapore companies recognised on this year’s list.
Trust and Control Emerge as Key Barriers to AI-Enabled Commerce
Globally, artificial intelligence (AI) is being adopted at a rapid pace for shopping discovery. But as the technology moves from exploration to execution through AI agents, adoption is becoming more selective, hindered by trust and control concerns, according to a new survey by Alipay+ and S&P.
Ant International Expands Agentic Payments Across 10 Major Asian Wallets
Alipay, GCash and TNG eWallet are among 10 digital wallets joining the first phase of Ant International’s Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP) rollout. The technology enables artificial intelligence agents to make authorised payments through wallets, super apps and smart devices.
OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Built for Financial Services
OpenAI has launched a finance-focused version of ChatGPT with built-in data for research, modelling and client materials. ChatGPT for Financial Services combines GPT-6 Astra with datasets from Daloopa, PitchBook, LSEG News and Crunchbase.
Active Use of AI Across Finance Functions More than Double in 2 Years
Between 2024 and 2026, the active use of artificial intelligence (AI) across finance functions more than doubled, a rapid adoption that’s already yielding significant gains and improvements for organizations, according to a new study by KPMG.
Trust Bank’s App Can Now Use AI to Break Down Your Card Spending
Trust Bank customers can now ask an AI assistant to find card transactions and summarise their spending. Trust AI Ask handles questions such as how much users spent on groceries last month or what they paid for transport.
Three Constraints That Are Keeping ASEAN Bank AI Initiatives Stuck in Pilots
Ask any banking leader in the region whether AI is on the roadmap, and the answer is yes. Ask them where it actually sits today, and the tone changes. The launch arrives as Singapore-based enterprises accelerate their AI adoption, with the market projected to expand significantly over the next.
Anthropic Launches Agentic AI Commerce Blueprint for Claude
Anthropic has launched an agentic AI blueprint for businesses building shopping and merchant agents with Claude. The toolkit provides working examples for retail, travel, telecommunications and ticketing platforms.
Singapore's Wine Lovers Get an AI Sommelier in a Portable Chiller — for S$700
Singapore-based Vivant launches the Venus G2, a S$700 portable wine chiller with AI sommelier chatbot that suggests food pairings and auto-adjusts temperature. Peltier cooling and infrared sensing keep wine at optimal serving temperature through Singapore's tropical heat.
Singapore AI heart scan tool heads for wider hospital testing
Singapore researchers are moving an AI-powered heart scanning tool from the lab to the clinic, with plans to expand testing across multiple hospitals before seeking regulatory approval to measure heart damage from MRI scans.
UPI Could Soon Let AI Agents Make Payments
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) users in India may soon be able to give AI agents limited authority to complete payments on their behalf. Three sources told Reuters that the Unified Agent Protocol may be introduced at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai next week.
Mambu’s New AI Agents Can Act on Banking Tasks Within Set Limits
Mambu has launched Intelligent Core, its technology architecture for bringing core banking, payments and agentic AI together on one open, composable platform. The launch combines Mambu Core and Mambu Payments with a new addition, Mambu Agentic, an intelligence layer that connects AI directly into.