TNGlobal Q&A and Interviews

India’s Pine Labs sees Singapore as template for Southeast Asia’s unified payment push [Q&A]

Pine Labs has launched a unified payments platform in Singapore, combining payment acceptance, acquiring, installment payments, and customer engagement for merchants.

Eric Cheng, co-founder and group chief executive of CARSOME

CARSOME’s Eric Cheng on building sustainable used-car unit economics [Q&A]

CARSOME CEO Eric Cheng discusses used-car inventory, pricing discipline, financing, customer trust and the role of AI.

Fireblocks’ Itai Turbahn on making embedded wallets feel like consumer payments [Q&A]

Fireblocks VP Itai Turbahn discusses embedded-wallet security, recovery, custody, sandbox testing and cross-border consumer payments around TrueMoney's THBT rollout.

Rubrik’s Ananth Nag on permission boundaries and recovery for agentic AI [Q&A]

Rubrik APAC leader Ananth Nag discusses agent identity, MCP attack surfaces, human approval, auditability and recovery as AI agents enter security workflows.

[HK Special Report] Can Hong Kong turn research into global tech success? Gobi Partners’ Chibo Tang weighs in

In an interview with TNGlobal, Gobi Partners Managing Partner Chibo Tang discussed Hong Kong’s evolving technology ecosystem, the challenges of commercializing research, and the city’s potential to connect Chinese technology with Southeast Asian markets and global investors.

CloserStill Media’s Andy Kiwanuka on Asia’s AI infrastructure bottlenecks [Q&A]

CloserStill Media's Andy Kiwanuka discusses power constraints, data centers, regulation, regional collaboration and cybersecurity as Asia scales AI infrastructure.

BitGo’s Angela Ang on what institutional digital assets still need in APAC [Q&A]

BitGo's Angela Ang discusses institutional digital-asset demand, settlement gaps, custody controls, APAC regulation and bank infrastructure choices.

FPT’s Minh Ta Tran on scaling automotive software across Europe and Asia [Q&A]

FPT's Minh Ta Tran discusses cross-border automotive software delivery, software-defined vehicles, AI-assisted engineering and the role of Poland in the company's European expansion.

[HK Special Report] HKSTP CEO Terry Wong on Hong Kong’s next tech chapter: scale, commercialization & global growth

In an interview with TNGlobal, HKSTP CEO Terry Wong discussed Hong Kong’s evolution as an innovation hub, its role within the Greater Bay Area, and where the city can carve out an advantage in AI and deep technology. He also told TNGlobal what needs to change in funding and commercialization to help more startups move from laboratory breakthroughs to global…

OSL’s Siwei Gong on institutional stablecoin-to-fiat settlement in Asia [Q&A]

OSL's Siwei Gong discusses institutional demand for stablecoin-to-fiat settlement, cross-border B2B payments, treasury workflows and the banking infrastructure needed for wider adoption.