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Southeast Asia, in general, sees more consumers purchasing cross-border goods as digital platforms become more mainstream. This trend has attracted more investment dollars into the supply chain industry, due to the integral role of technology in scaling logistics infrastructure to support growing consumer and SME demand.

MuvMi is eyeing a 10 times growth as the company looks to expand into other major cities in the country.

Thousands of retailers in Malaysia will accept Apple Pay, with support from some of the country’s most established banks across major credit and debit networks, Apple said

The Reserve Bank of Australia is collaborating with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) on a research project to explore use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Australia.

Crypto.com, the world’s fastest growing cryptocurrency platform, announced Monday it has secured Electronic Financial Transaction Act and Virtual Asset Service Provider registration in South Korea by acquiring payment service provider ‘PnLink Co., Ltd.’ and virtual asset service provider ‘OK-BIT Co., Ltd.’.

Yinson GreenTech (YGT), the green technologies division of Yinson Holdings Berhad, through its joint venture company Green EV Charge Sdn Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GoCar Mobility Sdn Bhd (GoCar) to provide charging infrastructure facilities and solutions, along with customer care services to GoCar users.

Increasingly adopted in the NFT sphere, developers can revert to smart contracts behind the system currently in play, using it as a basis for fixes to vulnerabilities.

UpGrad, an India-based higher EdTech major has on Monday announced a fresh round of $210 million fundraise from marquee investors and family offices who join the company cap-table. This round has witnessed participation from ETS Global, Bodhi Tree , Singapore's Kaizen Management Advisors Pvt. Ltd, Family office of Bharti Airtel, Narotam Sekhsaria Family…

The InnovaTalk webinar series was launched by the VinFuture Foundation, including six seminars taking place from the end of June until the end of November 2022. Each seminar will be led by a member of VinFuture’s scientific councils or a VinFuture Prize laureate. Invited guest speakers are leading international scientists from different high-tech fields and…

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Royal Golden Eagle (RGE), a global resources-based manufacturing group, on Thursday launched the S$6 million ($4.36 million) joint research centre to accelerate innovation in textile recycling and translate research outcomes into practical solutions that can be deployed in urban settings like…