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66 percent of travel companies are seeing their profit margins impacted by outdated or complicated payment systems, with nine in ten expected to prioritize modernizing their…
July 11, 2024
Report: generative AI is set to be adopted by 85% of the software workforce over the next two years
Generative artificial intelligence AI (Gen AI) is expected to play a key role in augmenting the software workforce, assisting in more than 25 percent of software design,…
July 11, 2024
Report: Southeast Asia’s retailers bet big on social commerce despite economic climate
Southeast Asian retailers are placing big bets on social media as 68 percent plan to increase investment in social commerce over the next 12 months, Shopify Inc said Thursday.
July 11, 2024
Securities Commission Malaysia’s FIKRA ACE seeks FinTech startups to enhance Islamic capital market
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is seeking FinTech startups to enhance Islamic capital market via the second cohort of its FIKRA ACE accelerator program, part of the FIKRA…
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Malaysia’s Sime Darby Property and TNB’s GSPARX join forces to undertake rooftop solar projects
Malaysian property developer Sime Darby Property and utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)’s solar solution provider subsidiary GSPARX have joined forces to undertake rooftop…
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Filipino startup Packworks secures $60,000 government funding to develop AI-powered precision marketing tool for ‘sari-sari’ stores
Filipino startup Packworks has secured PHP3.5 million ($60,000) from Philippine government to launch $85,000 artificial intelligence (AI)-powered precision marketing tool for…
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Singapore’s Keppel DC REIT acquires a data center in Japan for $149M
Singapore-listed data center real estate investment trust Keppel DC REIT Management Pte. Ltd has entered Japan with acquisition of a hyperscaler data center in Tokyo for S$201…
July 11, 2024
Malaysia’s Solarvest appoints new chief investment officer to drive investment strategies
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Sumsub partners Nexus Technology, PT Secure Pasifik Technologi, Spectrum Edge to strengthen security, verification in Southeast Asia
Sumsub, a global full-cycle verification provider, has partnered Nexus Technology, PT Secure Pasifik Technologi, Spectrum Edge to strengthen security, verification in Southeast…
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Malaysia’s CelcomDigi launches AI Experience Center
Malaysia-based telecommunication firm CelcomDigi Berhad has on Tuesday launched its CelcomDigi AI Experience Center (AiX) - a one-stop immersive innovation and collaboration hub…
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Thunes inks strategic partnership with LianLian Global for new payment service
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Fave Singapore secures in-principle approval for MPI license from MAS
Fave Singapore, part of the fintech firm Pine Labs group, has on Wednesday announced that it has received an in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)…
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July 10, 2024
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