Since the early 2000s, the Philippines’ technology sector has been largely defined by a multitude of businesses engaged in electronics manufacturing, information technology, and business process manag…
Digital Economy
Southeast Asia’s tech industry goes from a gallop to a canter
After a couple of years of spectacular growth, tech start-ups and tech giants alike are now facing a less optimistic outlook. During the third quarter of 2022, venture capital (VC) investments and dea…
First train service with blockchain technology offers efficiency to China-Laos railway line
A train loaded with a great variety of value-added goods such as bikes, lamps and ceramic tiles was dispatched from Chengdu’s air-rail international combined transport port, located in Southwest China…
China-supported ICT project completed in Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi government, in collaboration with the Chinese government and companies, implemented the country’s ICT (Information and Communication Technology) project which brought thousands o…
World Blockchain Summit Brings 2022 to a Close in Bangkok This December
The 23rd global edition explores the convergence of world-class content from the industry’s leading experts, entrepreneurs, and investors with the opportunity to find out about the latest trends…
India tops world ranking in digital payments
India, which is driving the global digital economy, has already clocked about 70 billion digital payment transactions in 2022—the highest in the world. This is a sharp increase from the corresponding …
Philippines Strengthens Its Regional Fintech Presence with First ASEAN Fintech Festival
It also supports the growth of the country’s digital economy which is projected to to reach P5 trillion by 2030. Throughout the week, the DPF will also bring together more than 200 prominent ASEAN lea…
Malaysia inks MoU for national blockchain infrastructure
Malaysia is seeking to join a select group of countries, including China, in developing a national blockchain infrastructure. The Southeast Asian country has partnered with two private companies to bu…
For China, Malaysia’s digital economy is first stop in ‘value added’ campaign to bolster trade routes
The fast-growing US$21 billion digital economy of Malaysia stands to get an infusion of Chinese capital as a nearly decade-old effort by Beijing to develop infrastructure overseas shifts more toward n…
