Chinese financial technology firms have matured under a favourable domestic policy regime with very different standards compared with other markets. Whether or not these companies can adapt successful…
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Alibaba Aims To ‘Speed Up’ COVID-19 Recovery With $28 Billion Data Center Investment
China’s biggest cloud computing provider, Alibaba Cloud, will invest a whopping $28.2 billion in cloud infrastructure and the construction of data centers over the next three years as it prepares to h…
Vietnam: Digital economy expected to increase labour productivity
Việt Nam needed to invest in the digital economy and seize the opportunities it provided to improve labour productivity. The information was released at the annual Vietnam economic evaluation report r…
BPO industry in Philippines seen benefitting as firms abroad cut costs due to pandemic
The Philippines’ business process outsourcing industry may stand to benefit from the “next wave” of outsourcing as companies around the world cut costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, …
Malaysia: MDEC bridge startups with global investors virtually
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and KK Fund Pte Ltd announced a virtual investor-matching initiative for local startups that are seeking capital injection amid the current economic slo…
Malaysia to pilot blockchain for sustainable palm oil
Blockchain firm BloomBloc and the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) are piloting a traceability platform to improve palm oil supply chains and revenues. The initiative was announced at the recently he…
Doing office at home, digitally
As part of a new development in response to the impact of corona virus, a number of large global and private offices in the capital have recently asked its officials to work at home, and send their fi…
E-commerce wars in Vietnam intensify. Here is all you need to know
Vietnam witnessed a fierce battle in the e-commerce industry, while billions of US Dollars have been invested with no current return. However, it is still attractive for investors, especially those of…
Digital payments will revolutionize Nepali economy
What are some of the challenges in going for a cashless economy? Nepal has a very high hard cash transaction in all B2C payments. Around 60% of the total population has a savings account in either A, …
5G Matters: (Geo)politics And Critical National Infrastructure – Analysis
Few people would have guessed that the ‘topic du jour’ for 2019 would be 5G. While telecommunications companies have long had their eye on the prize as the chief deployers of fifth-generation telecomm…