Mastercard is preparing for the future of payments in which cryptocurrencies, digital currencies, and blockchain will play a critical role for consumers and businesses alike The payments giant is also in talks with various central banks, including China’s, to explore wider cross-border usage of their digital currencies It is also conspicuous that APAC’s enthusiasm for... Read more » Read more ›
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Digital banks entering the Philippines’ market are picking up pace, with two more players from Singapore joining the ranks after Overseas Filipino (OF) Bank had its digital banking license approved last April. The Philippines’ central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has green-lighted Singapore-based financial businesses Tonik Digital Bank (a unit of Tonik Financial) and... Read more » Read more ›
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After nearly a year of expectations, Japanese carmaker Nissan was forced to announce last week that it will delay the planned summer launch of its flagship new electric Ariya model to this winter over the global chip shortage plaguing automakers. Announced in July 2020, the new 100% electric model was initially supposed to go on... Read more » Read more ›
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We review the best post-market video conferencing platform that's simple to configure and adds extensive functionality to any Microsoft Teams deployment for the APAC and Australasia. Read more ›
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The Digital Signing Service from GlobalSign is the fast, API-based identity verification platform that companies and organizations need to ensure the validity of their digital assets. Read more ›
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50% of organisations have their data stored in insufficiently-secured cloud environments. How do they corral that data quickly, but securely? Read more ›
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With next-gen offerings best-described as networks-as-a-service, AI and ML can be leveraged to produce self-aware networks that use metadata to optimise themselves according to business demands on the fly. Read more ›
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Chinese online brokerages plan to launch crypto services outside of mainland China Alibaba Cloud’s services to boost Tiger Trade app; gains momentum in SEA Asia set to climb to the top in the global digital economy Tiger Brokers, together with China-based Futu, recently announced plans to launch cryptocurrency trading services to offshore clients and skip... Read more » Read more ›
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From naysayers to evangelists, almost everyone has an opinion about how AI will impact not just businesses, but global economies and job markets Of interest is how artificial intelligence (AI) might feature in human resources (HR), a field not generally associated with intelligent automation. Contrary to popular belief, AI is not a new technology. From... Read more » Read more ›
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We review four of the leading data management and presentation tools on the market today, for results, capabilities, suitability and speed at all ends of the scale of organizations in the APAC region. Read more ›
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We review IRIS, the data fabric platform from InterSystems. It's faster than any alternative, can run complex transforms on the fabric itself, and is perfect for scalable, high-throughputs. Read more ›
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Customer journeys are improved, as is CX with the power of artificial intelligence behind it. Build your organizations customer experience strategy. Read more ›
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Chinese digital currency efforts are being further amped up by China’s central bank with a fresh injection of 40 million renminbi (US$ 6.2 mil) for users in yet another ‘e-hongbao’ lottery. Hongbaos, also known as red packets, are traditionally used in Chinese gift-giving culture, symbolizing luck for the recipient. China’s development of a sovereign digital currency... Read more » Read more ›
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Fave will be introducing interest-free ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ options with a three-month installment plan that will include cashback for users The platform will be piloting a type of point-of-sale installment loans in Singapore and Malaysia ‘sometime next month’ Southeast Asia’s fast-growing consumer fintech platform Fave, recently acquired by one of Asia’s leading merchant commerce... Read more » Read more ›
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The millennial generation has the potential to drive the development of new MSMEs as Indonesia’s new economic force The effects of the government’s Economic Recovery Plan (PEN) plan should bear out for Indonesia’s MSMEs In order to successfully capture millennial-owned MSMEs as borrowers, banks need to aggressively formalize partnerships with new fintech companies For the... Read more » Read more ›
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Japan has signed off on a US$338 million semiconductor research project to develop cutting-edge chip technology in the country with the market-leading Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Taiwan’s chip-making plants are among the largest and most advanced in the world, and the project is intended to boost Japan’s competitiveness in a key sector. The move comes... Read more » Read more ›
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The financial giant believes Ethereum could be the dominant blockchain-based crypto tech in the future, and have a large impact on the data economy APAC is leading the way in regulating cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrency as an asset class – until very recently, it would have been unheard of to hear a leading global financial player say... Read more » Read more ›
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The search for the holy grail of batteries may be over – after a multi-year industry-wide effort, has Japan solved the elusive solid-state technology equation? Japan once supplied the world with the most advanced Li-Ion batteries but was overtaken by China and Korea In the race to produce the first electric car with a solid-state... Read more » Read more ›
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Women could add US$280 billion to Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market by 2030, per a new report from the International Finance Corporation E-commerce marketplaces can do more to support women vendors by extending financing, offering training, and encouraging participation in higher-value sectors Hillary Clinton once said, “Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the... Read more » Read more ›
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The search for the holy grail of batteries may be over – after a multi-year industry-wide effort, has Japan solved the elusive solid-state technology equation? Japan once supplied the world with the most advanced Li-Ion batteries but was overtaken by China and Korea In the race to produce the first electric car with a solid-state... Read more » Read more ›
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