Digital Transformation
Hong Kong puts AI governance and fintech in first five-year plan
Hong Kong's first five-year plan sets out AI governance, fintech infrastructure, startup funding and commercialization measures through 2030.
foodpanda brings real-time restaurant discovery into ChatGPT and Claude
foodpanda has launched an AI plugin that lets users discover restaurants and meal options through ChatGPT and Claude using real-time platform availability.
Cebu Pacific reports faster legal, engineering workflows after enterprise AI rollout
Cebu Pacific says its enterprise AI program with Thinking Machines and OpenAI has cut processing time across legal, engineering and project-intake workflows.
Cloudflare adds separate controls for search and AI training
Cloudflare introduced separate controls for search indexing, AI training and agents, letting customers reject model training while remaining in search results.
Salesforce unveils AIforce to bring CRM workflows into Claude, Slack and other AI interfaces
Salesforce has unveiled AIforce, a live interface layer that exposes governed CRM data and workflows through Claude, Slack and Agentforce interfaces.
Allfunds and HSBC add same-day fund settlement in Hong Kong
Allfunds says its HSBC-backed same-day settlement service for Hong Kong-domiciled money market funds went live in August 2026.
[Central Asia Rising] From Astana to Hong Kong: new capital routes for Central Asia
At an SCMP Live panel in Astana, representatives of AIX, HKEX, Alem Capital Management and Gobi Partners discussed how Central Asian companies could connect with international capital, and what a more diversified route beyond traditional resource and trade links might require.
Nvidia and Australian partners target 2GW AI buildout
Nvidia and eight Australian infrastructure providers are targeting up to 2GW of AI-factory buildout by 2027, with the operators to run the facilities.
More than a third of respondents say DEFA is highly important to their business – EU-ASEAN business council
More than a third of respondents (38 percent) say the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) is highly important to their business, while 50 percent rated it as moderately important, a survey conducted by the EU-ASEAN business council showed on Tuesday.
Krungsri renews Kyndryl core banking agreement for five years
Thailand's Krungsri renewed a five-year agreement with Kyndryl covering core infrastructure, mainframe services, automation and AI-enabled operations.
