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Una Cash sees Philippines’ Buy Now, Pay Later market to contribute 6.7 percent in GMV to the digital economy in 2024
UnaCash, an in-app and in-store financing solutions provider based in the Philippines, expects the Philippines’ buy now, pay later (BNPL) market to contribute 6.7 percent in gross merchandise value (GMV) to the digital economy this 2024.
GetGo partners Charge+ to scale up sustainable mobility for condominiums in Singapore
Singapore-based carsharing platform GetGo and electric vehicle (EV) platform Charge+ have teamed up to enable greater accessibility to shared and sustainable mobility in Singapore’s condominium market.
Singapore’s Hive Health raises $6.5M Pre-Series A funding from Sy family-backed Gentree Fund and others
Hive Health, a digital health insurance company based in Singapore, has raised $6.5 million in Pre-Series A funding to transform healthcare access for more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines.
The role of biometric authentication in fintech applications
As fintech applications become increasingly popular, the severity of potential #cyberattacks, fraud, and noncompliance grows. Unfortunately, bad actors have already found workarounds for conventional solutions like strong passwords and two-factor authentication. Is #biometric #authentication the next step?
Singapore’s Bitlayer raises $11M in Series A round led by Franklin Templeton, ABCDE
Singapore-based Bitlayer Labs, the first Bitcoin Layer 2 based on the BitVM paradigm, has on Tuesday announced the successful completion of its $11 million Series A funding round.
Malaysia’s AirAsia MOVE monthly active users down 13 percent year on year in second quarter
AirAsia MOVE, the superapp of Malaysia-based Capital A, saw its overall monthly active users (MAU) down by 13 percent year on year to 13.01 million in the second quarter.
TM and Singtel’s Nxera break ground for sustainable, hyper-connected data center campus in Johor
Telekom Malaysia (TM), a Malaysia-based telecommunications firm, and Nxera, the regional data center arm of Singtel’s Digital InfraCo unit, have launched their data center campus in Iskandar Puteri, Johor of Malaysia.
Bridge Alliance partners Singtel to launch regional telco API exchange powered by Singtel Paragon platform
Bridge Alliance, a mobile alliance of 34 member operators worldwide, and Singtel, a Singapore-based communications technology group, have on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership to accelerate regional Application Programming Interface (API) federation with a telco API exchange powered by Singtel’s Paragon, the all-in-one orchestration platform for…
One in five APAC organizations look to AI/ML-powered solutions to tackle API security challenges
Asia Pacific (APAC) organizations are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) enabled solutions to tackle a wide array of security challenges around application programming interfaces (APIs), according to F5 research revealed on Wednesday.
Moody’s : APAC data center capacity to more than double by 2028
Moody's Ratings has forecast Asia Pacific (APAC) data center capacity to grow at a compound annual average rate of almost 20 percent through 2028, involving an investment of about $564 billion, as rising computing demand fuels expansion.
