Amazon’s announcement of USD 33 billion in Southeast Asia infrastructure is a 13-year commitment with immediate relevance. Data center capacity, AI compute access, and cloud-native financial services are inseparable in 2026.
The Bsquared revocation signals that MAS treats information accuracy across the full licensing lifecycle as a core supervisory requirement, not a procedural formality.
FinTech Alliance PH is calling for clearer policies, higher capitalization floors, and tighter enforcement as the Philippines prepares its most significant digital lending regulatory overhaul since 2021.
The BNM-BI bilateral MoU reflects a broader ASEAN pattern: formalising central bank cooperation as the foundation for next-generation cross-border payment infrastructure.