Features
Asialink’s Patricia Poco-Palacios on scaling MSME lending with credit discipline [Q&A]
Asialink Group Deputy CEO Patricia Poco-Palacios discusses MSME underwriting, thin-file borrowers, portfolio quality, financial literacy and AI-assisted lending.
Paydibs’ Tee Kean Kang on sales-linked financing, transaction data and SME credit [Q&A]
Paydibs CEO Tee Kean Kang discusses sales-linked merchant financing, transaction data in credit assessment, affordability and how embedded finance could change SME access to working capital in Malaysia.
JFrog’s Yashaswi Mudumbai on governing software dependencies as AI agents enter development [Q&A]
JFrog's Yashaswi Mudumbai discusses how AI coding agents change dependency governance, where controls should sit, what actions still need human approval and what enterprises should retain for auditability.
Flam’s Shourya Agarwal on turning interactive AI content into repeatable enterprise workflows [Q&A]
Flam's Shourya Agarwal discusses repeatable interactive AI deployments, agent guardrails, enterprise metrics, localization and the company's Indonesia expansion.
AnyMind’s Kubo Akinori on where AI avatars fit in live commerce [Q&A]
AnyMind's Kubo Akinori discusses how brands should compare human and AI livestream hosts, disclose AI-generated presenters, localize across Southeast Asia, and keep humans in the loop.
Nokia’s Henrique Vale on AI-native RAN, spectrum efficiency and the road to 6G [Q&A]
Nokia's Henrique Vale discusses AI-native RAN architecture, deployment paths, spectrum-efficiency gains, edge AI, multi-vendor interoperability and governance on the road to 6G.
Estha’s Eric Lam on local AI, privacy and SME deployment [Q&A]
Estha Co-Founder & Creator Eric Lam discusses where local AI is practical for SMEs, how on-device inference compares with the cloud, and the security, governance and cost trade-offs.
Sapient Intelligence’s William Chen on validating autonomous R&D systems [Q&A]
Sapient Intelligence Co-Founder William Chen discusses how PRAXIST explores long-horizon R&D problems, validates results, handles proprietary data and measures production value.
Vietnam wants crypto exchanges by Q3/2026, experts doubt feasibility
In May, Vietnam's Ministry of Finance said the country's official digital-asset exchange could see its first activity as early as the third quarter of 2026, with five companies making preparations.
Nemetschek’s Jonathan Ng on CORENET X, AI-assisted compliance and digital delivery [Q&A]
Nemetschek Southeast Asia Managing Director Jonathan Ng discusses CORENET X, model quality, interoperability, AI-assisted compliance, accountability and digital skills in Singapore’s built environment.
