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Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company have projected that the digital economy in Southeast Asia (SEA) will reach $263 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2024, a 15 percent increase over last year.

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.

Funding Societies, the Singapore-based unified digital finance platform for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has on Tuesday announced signing the third credit facility with HSBC under its ASEAN Growth Fund.

Singapore-based climate tech venture builder Wavemaker Impact has launched Numat, a new venture focused on transforming bamboo processing with sustainable practices.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has on Monday announced plans to advance tokenization in financial services.

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).

Kenanga Research said Monday that data center and cloud boom is expected to benefit multi sectors in Malaysia.

#Vietnam’s tech sector is filled with immense opportunities. We have a young, talented workforce and a rapidly growing digital economy, but we must also address critical challenges like brain drain, infrastructure gaps, and cybersecurity. For Vietnam to fully realize its potential, it will take collaboration between businesses, the government, and the tech…

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.