Future Economy Conference is an important annual platform hosted by SBF for the business community, bringing together business executives, industry representatives, and policy stakeholders to discuss business growth, cross-border collaboration, and pathways for sustainable development. Leaders' Lens is a high-level dialogue segment designed for business decision-makers, focusing on practical topics such as market shifts, business transformation, and internationalisation strategies, while sharing frontline business judgement and practical thinking.

During the session, Obita shared its observations on enterprise internationalisation. In Obita's view, different markets come with different business value, operating conditions, and investment requirements. Companies need to assess the right operating depth and investment pace for each market. In the early stage, they can take a light-touch approach to test market demand quickly. As business opportunities become more concrete, they may move into a medium-depth model by working with local partners to integrate into the ecosystem, build market trust, and advance business execution. For core strategic markets, companies may enter a heavy-lift stage, with deeper localisation across compliance, operations, team structures, and long-term investment.

When expanding partner networks, companies should also place different emphasis at different stages. At the market-testing stage, they need precise market entry points and feedback. Once the business moves toward execution, local resources and implementation capabilities become more important. At the deep operating stage, companies need stable governance structures and long-term ecosystem collaboration. Well-structured strategic partnerships can help companies better manage the pace of international expansion, reduce trial-and-error costs, and strengthen the stability of cross-market operations.

When Mr Roy Tan asked about Singapore's value as a hub, Obita noted that Singapore not only has a mature financial system and regulatory environment, but also helps internationalising companies build business credibility and connect efficiently with regional resources and global opportunities. This makes Singapore a strong base for companies building cross-market operations and a global ecosystem.

Flexibly adjusting market expansion strategies and the pace of resource investment is key to steady global growth. For Obita, participating in Future Economy Conference 2026 was an opportunity to share experience and further connect with Singapore's business ecosystem.

About Obita

Obita is a global payment service provider for enterprises, focused on delivering controllable, trustworthy, and efficient financial solutions that help businesses manage global collections, cross-border payouts, and fund operations with greater ease.

Powered by financial technology, Obita is committed to providing enterprises with more efficient settlement experiences, more stable payment workflows, clearer fund management, and broader capabilities across global collections, payouts, and fund operations — supporting sustained business growth in an increasingly connected world.

Official Website: www.obita.xyz

Structured under Digital Edge's Green Financing Framework, this transaction marks the largest green loan ever secured for a data center project in Indonesia and directly supports the company's ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, reinforcing its leadership in delivering sustainable, next-generation AI- and hyperscale-centric digital infrastructure in Asia-Pacific.

Purpose-built to support AI and data-intensive workloads with resilient, energy-efficient performance, the CGK campus has been sustainably designed to target a market-leading annualized PUE (power usage effectiveness) of 1.25, achieve LEED certification, incorporate recycled water systems, and integrate renewable energy to reduce overall carbon intensity.

This green loan financing was led by BNP Paribas, Clifford Capital, Crédit Agricole CIB, DBS, Mizuho, OCBC, PT Bank Central Asia Tbk, and SMBC as Mandated Lead Arrangers, with each institution committed to advancing responsible infrastructure investment in line with Indonesia's broader decarbonization ambitions. Crédit Agricole CIB, DBS, and PT Bank Central Asia Tbk also acted as Green Facility Coordinators.

"From empowering businesses with high performance, AI-ready digital infrastructure to advancing innovative solutions that reduce environmental impact, this financing underscores Digital Edge's leadership in sustainable digital infrastructure. This has been achieved with the strong support of both existing and new lending partners who share our commitment to responsible growth," said Jonathan Walbridge, Chief Financial Officer of Digital Edge.

About Digital Edge

Where performance meets sustainability, Digital Edge powers Asia-Pacific's digital transformation with reliable, secure, and sustainable infrastructure. Headquartered in Singapore and backed by Stonepeak, the company delivers high-performance data center and fiber solutions for hyperscalers and enterprises across nine countries in Asia Pacific. With 1.8GW of secured IT power, Digital Edge empowers businesses to scale rapidly and responsibly in a connected, energy-efficient future.

Visit www.digitaledgedc.com for more information.

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SINGAPORE, June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether you're gearing up for the World Cup, or simply looking for more value at home, here's a quick look at what's happening at StarHub this month.

Hub More. Save More. Worry Less. 
No two households are the same. That's why Hubbing helps customers enjoy greater savings and peace of mind when they add on broadband, mobile and entertainment services. Build the perfect family plan with all-inclusive broadband from $29.55/month, up to 25% savings on more 5G Unlimited+ mobile lines and more ways to Hub with us

Find out more: https://www.starhub.com/personal/hubbing.html

From 8 June, look out for the limited edition Hubling™ Happy to Help Blind Box, available exclusively at StarHub retail stores. New customers who sign up for two eligible services will receive a Blind Box for free. Existing customers with one eligible service can add on one service, while those with two eligible services can add on or upgrade an existing service to qualify. Hidden inside 10 Blind Boxes are Golden Tickets, including two grand prizes of a 2D1N Family Retreat at Mandai Rainforest Resort with four tickets to one Mandai Wildlife Park (worth over $900) and $200 Grab vouchers. 

Visit StarHub's Instagram page for more.  

The World Cup is Here. Don't Miss a Match
Catch all 104 matches live on StarHub TV+ from 12 June with Mediacorp's FIFA World Cup 2026™ Season Pass, available at $118 for new and existing customers. Sign up and receive $400 worth of Hisense TV and Samsung device vouchers. Find out more: https://www.starhub.com/personal/bundles/worldcup-2026.html

Looking to catch the action with fellow football fans? Join us at our next StarHub WatchParty on 28 June at Oasis Terraces, Punggol! Enjoy breakfast and family-friendly football carnival games from 9am before Argentina takes on Jordan at 10am. Check out StarHub's Instagram page for the latest.

However June looks for you, StarHub's got you.

About StarHub
StarHub is a leading homegrown Singapore company that delivers world-class communications, entertainment, and digital services. With our extensive fibre and wireless infrastructure and global partnerships, we bring to people, homes and enterprises quality mobile and fixed services, a broad suite of premium content, and a diverse range of communication solutions. We develop and deliver solutions incorporating artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data analytics, Internet of Things, and robotics for corporate and government clients. 

StarHub is committed to conducting our business sustainably and responsibly. StarHub is named among TIME's World's Most Sustainable Companies 2025 and ranked as the world's most sustainable wireless telecommunication provider on the Corporate Knights Global 100 (2025). StarHub also ranks 187 on the FORTUNE Southeast Asia 500 in 2025. Listed on the Singapore Exchange mainboard, StarHub is a component stock of the SGX iEdge Singapore Low Carbon Index, iEdge-OCBC Singapore Low Carbon Select 50 Capped Index; as well as the FTSE4Good Index series.   

SINGAPORE, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced the launch of its global Agentic Ready program in Asia Pacific. Visa Agentic Ready is designed to support the payments ecosystem in the era of agent-led commerce.

In its first phase, Visa Agentic Ready focuses on issuer readiness, providing a structured pathway for issuers to test, validate and understand agent-initiated transactions in a controlled, production-grade environment. The program enables issuers to experience how AI agents initiate complete transactions on behalf of consumers, and to test their readiness to support agentic commerce - while maintaining the trust, control, and protections that underpin the Visa network.

"Asia Pacific is one of the most dynamic and digitally advanced payments regions in the world, making it an ideal environment to bring agentic commerce from concept to reality. This will truly scale when the payments ecosystem moves forward together," said T.R. Ramachandran, Head of Products & Solutions, Asia Pacific at Visa. "Agentic Ready is a critical step in that journey - helping issuers test, learn and prepare for agent-initiated payments in a controlled environment, so the industry can innovate with confidence as AI reshapes how commerce happens everyday."

Agentic Ready is powered by Visa's foundational network capabilities, bringing together tokens, identity, risk and controls to examine how trusted agent-initiated payments could be enabled across use cases. This builds on Visa Intelligent Commerce – Visa's portfolio of initiatives and solutions focused on enabling trusted, AI-driven commerce experiences at scale.

From Readiness to Real-World Scale

Bringing agentic commerce to life at scale requires coordination across the payments ecosystem, and Visa has enrolled several partners from 10 markets across the region into the Agentic Ready program. Early issuing partners engaging in the Visa Agentic Ready program include: AEON Thana Sinsap, Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad, ANZ Bank New Zealand, ASB Bank, Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Bank New Zealand, Bank of China^[1], Bank of Melbourne, Bank of South Australia, Bank SinoPac, Cathay United Bank, CIMB Bank^[2], Credit Saison Co., Ltd., CTBC Bank, Cuscal, DBS Bank, DCS, E.SUN Bank, GXS Bank, Hana Card, Hang Seng Bank, HSBC^[3], Hyundai Card, ING Bank (Australia), KakaoBank, KB Kookmin Card Co. Ltd, Kiwibank, KASIKORNBANK (KBank), Krungthai Card (KTC), Latitude Financial, Maybank^[4], Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB Bank), Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd., OCBC Bank Ltd, Rakuten Card Co., Ltd., Reap Technologies Limited, Samsung Card, Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank), SB Payment Service Corp., Shinhan Card, St. George Bank, Standard Chartered^[5], StraitsX Payment Services Pte. Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd., Taishin International Bank, Techcombank, TMBThanachart Bank (ttb), Trust Bank Singapore, Union Bank of Taiwan, UQPAY, UOB, Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank), Wise, ZA Bank, and Zip Co, with additional partners expected to join this year.

Through the controlled, production-grade testing environment, the program validates how agent-initiated payments operate in real world environments, helping issuers build confidence as these new experiences become a reality.

This effort supports Visa's broader shift towards intelligent, programmable commerce, where trusted credentials and network capabilities enable payments to respond securely and flexibly to consumer intent, context and controls. As more of the shopping journey becomes automated, this helps ensure agents can act seamlessly on a consumer's behalf - while keeping people firmly in control.

Visa is working globally with AI platforms and developers, merchants, and ecosystem partners to enable trusted agent-initiated payments at scale. Visa Agentic Ready helps ensure issuers are prepared to support these transactions securely and with confidence.

The program is live and available across Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Those interested in participating in the Visa Agentic Ready program can contact their Visa account executive for more information.

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About Visa

Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, sellers, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of money movement. Learn more at Visa.com.

SINGAPORE, May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GXS Bank and Lion Global Investors (LGI) have come together to launch the LionGlobal Dynamic Core Income Fund SGD, a new multi-asset fund designed to help retail investors capture opportunities across volatile market cycles.

At launch, the fund is exclusively distributed by GXS Bank as GXS Invest Diversified. Retail investors can invest into the fund through GXS Invest, the digital bankʼs investment platform that is embedded within the GXS Bank app.

The LionGlobal Dynamic Core Income Fund SGD offers investors a simple and globally diversified portfolio, investing across asset classes including equities, bonds, commodities and cash through a combination of unit trusts and exchange traded funds (ETFs). The fund is dynamically-managed by LGI, one of Southeast Asiaʼs leading asset managers. This dynamic approach allows the investment team to adjust the portfolio in response to changing market conditions, including economic developments and geopolitical uncertainties. For example, the fund may increase exposure to certain asset classes, regions or sectors when new opportunities arise.

To guide these decisions, LGI uses an in-house investment framework that combines data-driven insights with the experience of its portfolio managers. This balanced approach helps the team respond to market changes in a timely and considered way, while keeping the portfolio aligned with long-term growth objectives.

Ms Jenn Ong, Group Head of Retail at GXS Bank, said, "Investing can be daunting, especially in volatile markets where it can be difficult to identify opportunities without taking the time to research and understand what you are investing in.

The LionGlobal Dynamic Core Income Fund SGD is the result of our shared goal with Lion Global Investors to take the stress out of investing for the everyday investor, so that they do not need to fret over making tactical investment choices during volatile market conditions. With GXS Invest, they simply need to choose the investment option that best meets their risk tolerance and investment objectives. The teams of experts behind the funds we have curated will do the rest."

Mr Darius Foo, Head of Distribution Business at Lion Global Investors said, "Todayʼs investors are looking for clarity, diversification and resilience in their portfolios. The LionGlobal Dynamic Core Income Fund is designed to address these needs through its simple yet diversified solution that combines active and passive strategies, supporting investors in navigating market uncertainty while staying focused on long-term growth. We are pleased to partner with GXS Bank to make LionGlobal Dynamic Core Income Fund accessible to a broader group of investors."

GXS Bank expands its suite of funds in GXS Invest
GXS Bankʼs collaboration with LGI comes as the digital bank expands its suite of investment options in GXS Invest, to meet the varying risk appetites and investment objectives of retail investors in Singapore. GXS Invest launched in 2025 with the Fullerton SGD Cash Fund to provide consumers with a low-risk entry into money market investments.

To start investing through GXS Invest, consumers can sign up for a GXS Bank account through the GXS Bank app. More information on GXS Invest can be found at https://gxs.com.sg/invest.

About GXS Bank

GXS Bank is a digital bank focused on making banking better for the everyday consumer and businesses.

The Bank aims to improve financial inclusion and to drive financial revolution for its customers through the secure and ethical use of technology and data.

GXS Bank holds a banking licence issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. It is owned by a consortium consisting of Grab Holdings Inc. – Southeast Asiaʼs leading super app, and Singtel – Asiaʼs leading communications technology group.

As part of a regional network of digital banks, GXS Bank also works closely with GXBank, its digital bank subsidiary in Malaysia and Superbank, a digital bank in Indonesia in whom the Bank has a minority stake.

About Lion Global Investors Limited

Lion Global Investors Limited (Co Reg No. 198601745D) is a part of Great Eastern Holdings and a member of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC) Group. Established since 1986, it is a leading and one of the largest asset management companies in Southeast Asia, uniquely positioned to provide Asian equities and fixed income strategies and funds to both institutional and retail investors. As at 31 March 2026, our assets under management (AUM) stands at S$74.5 billion (US$57.8 billion). www.lionglobalinvestors.com

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