Southeast Asia stories
Fresh capital will help the fintech widen lending and banking services in the Philippines, where many consumers remain underbanked.
Pilot projects could bring hydrogen-powered electricity to data centres and remote sites in Cambodia and beyond as demand outpaces grid growth.
Shoppers in Malaysia will gain a single AI-led journey across AEON services as the retailer starts linking buying, payments and rewards with Google Cloud.
The rollout could speed up advice and call handling for millions of Indonesian customers while keeping staff in control of regulated decisions.
Relying only on paid channels makes B2B tech growth more costly, while brand can boost trust, shorten sales cycles and protect pricing power.
Rising demand for programmatic outdoor ads in Singapore has prompted the adtech firm to add three senior staff and deepen regional support.
It aims to cut tool overload for Malaysian marketing teams by bundling concept, design and video tasks into one AI workflow.
The 10 Gbps link went live in under a day, giving Primacom a fast alternative where fibre trenching and radio systems fell short.
Thailand’s enterprise AI market is getting a more exclusive channel as Gulf Edge gains sole rights to Kore.ai’s platform in key sectors.
Partners across JAPAC are becoming more important to CrowdStrike’s regional sales as customers increasingly buy security through resellers and managed services.
Cargo theft concerns across Asia-Pacific are pushing operators to use telematics and industry standards to spot risky route changes and stops earlier.
British households pay less than many Western peers for fixed-line broadband, with the UK placed 70th in a 214-country price league.
Consumer goods groups could speed products into stores as the consultancy tie-up links operating changes to live sales data and AI.
The move will bring product and commercial teams closer to Asian clients as the wealth-tech firm targets faster growth across regional markets.
The Danish quantum software firm is pushing into life sciences now, adding senior hires and partners to sell hybrid tools before the market matures.
Payroll providers can now handle salary payments and statutory remittances through one interface in more than 70 countries.
Banks and government agencies face a wider mobile fraud threat after researchers tied fake Android apps to a Cambodia scam compound.
Investors overseeing more than USD $350 billion in assets joined a Singapore event where founders faced tighter scrutiny over scale, revenues and execution.
Banks and public bodies in 21 countries face device-takeover fraud that can steal SMS codes, biometric data and funds.
The hotel group expects the new system to unify guest data and privacy controls across 640 properties, with full rollout due in 2026.
