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Opening FIS launched Enterprise Risk Suite on Amazon Web Services, introducing a cloud-native deployment model designed to eliminate disruptive software upgrade cycles for financial institutions. The move reflects structural changes across institutional financial technology where banks,

iM Bank has completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a Korean won stablecoin, implementing the full lifecycle from issuance through payment, settlement, and redemption. On the 20th, iM Bank announced the successful completion of the won stablecoin technology verification project, conducted in

Samsung Electronics shares fell as much as 4.4% after the company and its largest labor union failed to reach an agreement in mediation talks in Sejong. The union plans to begin a general strike on May 21 after management rejected a proposal already accepted by workers. The union is seeking the

Nvidia announced on May 20 that it will open its first research center in Singapore focused on developing embodied AI. The company plans to collaborate with local universities, companies, and government agencies to improve AI infrastructure efficiency. Singapore's government is also planning to

Kiren Kumar, deputy CEO at Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), argues that regulating AI too early is a mistake that stifles digital growth and hinders innovation before it fully develops. Instead of rigid legislation, IMDA treats regulatory trust as an economic asset,

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing a comprehensive review of barriers preventing fintech and cryptocurrency firms from accessing Federal Reserve payment systems and banking partnerships. The order requires the Federal Reserve Board to evaluate the legal,

GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories following the compromise of an employee's device, the company announced Wednesday. The developer platform detected and contained the compromise on Tuesday, which involved a poisoned VS Code extension that was used to gain acces

Sygnum became the first regulated Swiss bank to conduct live digital asset market transactions through an artificial intelligence agent while maintaining client control over custody, wallet authorization, and final transaction approvals. The pilot project, announced May 18, 2026, represents a

Malaysia Chip Firm SkyeChip Soars in IPO Debut Penang-based semiconductor design firm SkyeChip surged in its Main Market debut on May 20, opening at 3.5 ringgit (US$0.88) against its 88 sen IPO price after raising 352 million ringgit (US$88.5 million). More than 23 million shares changed hands at

On 20 May 2026, Primer, a UK payments infrastructure startup, raised US$100 million in a Series C funding round led by Sofina. Peak XV Partners and existing investors Balderton, Accel, ICONIQ, Tencent, and Speedinvest also participated in the round. The company will use the funds to add more AI

TD Cowen analyst on May 19 raised the stock price target for Strategy (MSTR) from $395 to $400, implying about 139% upside from the current trading price of approximately $164.79. The adjustment came one day after Strategy announced it added about 25,000 BTC (about $2 billion). TD Cowen’s Confirmed Analysis Basis TD Cowen analyst said the target price raise is mainly due to Strategy’s continued ability to obtain financial capital through its preferred stock issuance of Stretch (STRC). The analys

According to TrendForce's latest AI industry research, North America's five major cloud service providers (CSPs) are significantly increasing their procurement intentions for rack-scale AI servers in 2026 to expand AI training and inference application deployment. The research indicates these five m

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to announce an innovation exemption permitting stock tokenization without listed company approval, according to Bloomberg reporting discussed by Park Sang-hyuk, editor of Digital Asset publication. An innovation exemption is an exception measure

Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer Canaan (Microchip Technology) released its Q1 2026 financial report on May 20. Net loss was $88.7 million, marking a second consecutive quarter of losses; net loss in the prior quarter was $85 million. After the earnings release, Canaan’s stock opened down more than 13% to $0.418, approaching the all-time low of $0.38 set last month. Q1 Financial Highlights: Revenue Down 68% QoQ, Operating Expenses Squeezed Too Canaan’s Q1 2026 revenue was $62.7 million, dow

SlowMist (SlowMist) published threat intelligence on X on May 20, confirming that multiple high-frequency npm packages and multiple versions of the Python SDK durabletask were hit by a supply chain attack dubbed “Mini Shai-Hulud.” SlowMist also said that the May 16 Grafana Labs ransomware attack is “very likely” linked to this supply chain attack. Attack timeline and affected components (Source: SlowMist) According to the attack timeline confirmed by SlowMist threat intelligence: May 19, 2026: T

On May 19, Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI and former Tesla AI chief, announced on X that he has joined Anthropic. Starting this week, he will lead the team to conduct Claude pre-training research. Anthropic confirmed that pre-training is the foundational training phase that gives Claude core language capabilities, and it is the part of the entire AI model-building process with the highest computational costs. Pre-Training Responsibilities Confirmed: The Most Expensive Stage for Giving Cla