Asia

Southeast Asia (SEA) countries have led Chinese app install share globally, Adjust said in a study on Monday.

Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption has accelerated across Asia Pacific, but strategic data management remains key, New Digital Realty said in a recent study.

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s clean energy powerhouse, has signed a joint study agreement with Malaysia's Sarawak Energy and clean energy solutions provider, Gentari, to assess the feasibility of a floating solar power plant at the reservoir of Murum hydroelectric plant in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.

Global bank Standard Chartered has announced a partnership with Wise Platform, Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks, to power faster and cheaper international payments for the bank’s cross-border payment service, SC Remit.

PayPay, Japan's top QR payment operator, has on Wednesday announced an expanded partnership with Alipay+, Ant International’s cross- border mobile payment and digitalization technology solution, broadening its merchant coverage network across Japan.

Canva, an Australia-based online design platform, has forged a long-term partnership with Philippines e-commerce platform Enstack to empower businesses with free design tools.

Bizcap, an Australia-headquartered fintech firm, has on Monday announced its expansion plans into Singapore, along with the appointment of Joseph Lim as Asia Managing Partner.

NTT DATA, a global firm in digital business and information technology (IT) services, has on Monday announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate the adoption of cloud-based data analytics and generative artificial intelligence AI solutions for customers across key markets in Asia Pacific (APAC).

FLock.io, a community-driven platform for federated learning on blockchain, has partnered Animoca Brands, the company driving digital property rights via non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and gaming to build the open metaverse, to explore co-creation opportunities for domain-specific AI models using FLock.io’s training platform and protocol.

Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption lag leaves Asian financial institutions vulnerable amid rising financial crime, a new research from SymphonyAI and Regulation Asia revealed Tuesday.