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Salesforce appoints new country leaders in Indonesia and Thailand to accelerate Agentforce growth

Salesforce, the global firm in artificial intelligence (AI) customer relationship management (CRM), is strengthening its regional leadership in ASEAN with the appointment of new country leaders for Thailand and Indonesia.

MoneyHero appoints new CFO to drive next phase of profitable growth

MoneyHero Limited, a personal finance aggregation and comparison platform and a digital insurance brokerage provider in Greater Southeast Asia, announced Monday the company’s board of directors promoted Danny Leung to Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective October 1, 2025.

Maybank foresees opportunities and risks from ChatGPT Agentic Commerce

Maybank Investment Bank Research has foreseen both opportunities and risks from ChatGPT Agentic Commerce.

Indonesia suspends TikTok registration over data sharing failures, ministry says – report

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.

GrabMaps partners Tino to build advanced digital map of Mongolia

GrabMaps, Southeast Asia’s hyperlocal mapping service, is partnering with Tino, Mongolia’s superapp, to build an advanced digital map of Mongolia.

Lazada, Gmarket team up to bring authentic Korean products to SEA

Lazada, Southeast Asia’s leading online shopping platform, has teamed up with South Korea’s Gmarket, to bring 20 million authentic Korean products for Southeast Asian shoppers on its platform.

SEA tech firms funding falls 7 percent to $2.6B in first nine months of 2025 – Tracxn

A total of $2.6 billion was raised Southeast Asia's tech firms in the first nine months of 2025, a drop of 7 percent as compared to $2.8 billion raised in 9M 2024, and a drop of 58 percent compared to $6.2 billion raised in 9M 2023, Tracxn said Tuesday.

SCEKL 2025 concludes with strong outcomes for Asean’s digital future

SCEKL 2025 welcomed 10,700 registered participants who came from all over the country and also from the ASEAN region. As the first Southeast Asian city to host the Smart City Expo World Congress, Kuala Lumpur has positioned itself as a convening hub for the region’s AI Cities and digital transformation dialogue. Delegates from 28 ASEAN cities underscored…

Carsome marks 10th Anniversary with ‘Pakej Rakyat’, offering refurbished cars from $47/month

Carsome Group Inc, Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, marked its 10th anniversary with the launch of Pakej Rakyat, a program that offers high-quality refurbished cars from MYR 199 ($47) per month under Carsome Value Plus, together with a free one-year warranty and service packages, supported by its in-house financing through…

Malaysia to host Cradle Live! Startup Asean Summit

Carrying the theme “Scaling Startups Beyond Borders”, the summit is the first ASEAN tech startup conference under the ASEAN-Malaysia Chairmanship 2025 and is recognized as a Priority Economic Deliverable (PED) for the nation. It will gather over 3,000 participants including startups, investors, and policymakers from all 10 ASEAN Member States (AMS) and…