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Southeast Asia has seen strong growth in Weixin pay usage as Chinese tourists travel abroad over Golden Week, Weixin said Thursday.

Indonesia said it has suspended TikTok's registration status as an electronic system provider after it failed to hand over all data relating to the use of its live stream feature, though the social media app was still accessible to users on Friday.

Yuno, a global payment platform, announced Thursday an important expansions within Asia Pacific (APAC) including the opening of regional headquarters in Singapore and new operations in China.

U Mobile, a Malaysia-based 5G network provider, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) naming Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia), as one of its strategic technology partners to establish its Enterprise Innovation Platform (EIP).

U Mobile, Malaysia’s 5G network provider, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ZTE Corporation, a Chinese provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, to spur digital transformation in East Malaysia.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, the Indonesia Technology Alliance (ITA), and the Tsinghua University Wuxi Research Institute of Applied Technologies (Tsinghua University) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish AI Application Cooperation Center in Indonesia.

Malaysian lender CIMB Group Holdings Berhad has announced a partnership with Chinese payment firm PingPong Global Holding Limited to boost cross-border payments across ASEAN.

ISense Global, Singapore’s smart city internet of things (IoT) provider, announced Monday a strategic investment from DNAKE (Xiamen) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a publicly listed Chinese smart intercom and building automation firm.

Grab, a superapp in Southeast Asia, announced last Saturday its plans to launch Autonomously Intelligent Ride (Ai.R), its first autonomous vehicle (AV) service for consumers in Singapore, in partnership with WeRide, a China-based autonomous driving technology firm.

AlphaMove, a Malaysian blockchain startup, has signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Guangxi Research Department, under the Nanning Provincial Government of China, to foster deep tech economy, smart city innovation.