Digital retail underlies a good e-Commerce experience for customers. This is especially important for online retailers now, given how online shopping is one of the most popular pastimes of people livi…
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Sri Lankan e-commerce platform Kapruka to introduce crypto payments
Kapruka (Kapruka.com), a major e-commerce platform in Sri Lanka, has revealed its intention to start accepting payments in cryptocurrency quite soon. Kapruka’s founder and Chairman Dulith Herath made …
Sri Lanka appoints committee to implement crypto mining and blockchain
Sri Lanka joins the global crypto adoption drive after setting up a committee for exploring and implementing blockchain and crypto mining technologies. A letter shared on Oct. 8 by Sri Lanka’s directo…
Digital banks and the transformation of Malaysia’s financial landscape
Malaysia’s push into digital banking is gathering pace. The central bank’s decision to issue up to five digital bank licences in the first quarter of 2022 generated considerable interest. With the cou…
Next 5 years crucial for ASEAN digitizing trade and economy
The ASEAN economic and free trade bloc NIKKEI Group and ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS) noted that the next 5 years are crucial for ASEAN digitizing trade and economy. “Next five years is a cruc…
Green Energy Solutions for the Future Industry of Indonesia
The President of Indonesia had unveiled a three-pronged strategy to boost Indonesia’s economic growth, providing insight into the direction of government policy for the remainder of his term. The gree…
Hydropower-rich Laos pushes into crypto as it authorizes mining and trading
Laos has approved the mining and trading of cryptocurrencies in a policy shift by debt-bearing Southeast Asian countries. Crackdown on digital currency mining In China. Analysts said the move was a lo…
Southeast Asia has added 70 million online shoppers since the beginning of the pandemic, report finds
An estimated 70 million more people shopped online in six Southeast Asian countries since the pandemic began, according to a report from Facebook and Bain & Company. As governments encouraged peo…
Combating Deforestation: Planet Partnership with the Government of Malaysia
Combating Deforestation: Planet Partnership with the Government of Malaysia Malaysia’s megadiverse ecosystems are home to thousands of species of flora and fauna that sustain the country’s envi…
Vietnam aims to connect 5 million farming households to e-commerce platforms
Vietnam looks to connect 5 million farming households to e-commerce platforms this year, which would create breakthroughs in the development of the digital economy in the agriculture sector, Deputy Mi…