Alibaba’s Accio Cuts AI Costs for E-Commerce Tasks by Over 50% Compared with General-Purpose Agents
Becoming the Most Cost-Competitive E-Commerce AI Tool for SMEs Worldwide
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba.com today announced results from a 107-task benchmark evaluation showing that Accio, its AI agent platform for commerce, completed a range of e-commerce tasks at more than 50% lower estimated cost than OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code, with comparable completion…
Payment Asia, ShipAny and EasyStore Sign Partnership Agreement to Connect E-Commerce, Payments and Logistics for SMEs
The collaboration brings together e-commerce operations, payment services and smart-logistics capabilities to support merchants from sale to fulfilment and advance local and international e-commerce trade
HONG KONG, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Payment Asia, ShipAny and EasyStore announced the signing of a partnership agreement to provide small and medium-sized enterprises with a more connected,…
Ping An Digital Bank launches e-commerce financing
Hong Kong-based Ping An Digital Bank has launched a purchase-order financing product for cross-border e-commerce businesses, offering eligible merchants funding against their receivables.
The bank said in a September 4 company-issued release that eligible businesses can seek financing of up to 95 percent of accounts receivable, with individual facilities of as much as $5 million and repayment…
Malaysia-based car e-commerce CARSOME reports $8.3M quarterly EBITDA in Q2
Carsome Group Inc, Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, said it delivered its tenth consecutive profitable quarter in the second quarter of 2026, reporting quarterly EBITDA of about MYR33 million ($8.3 million), up 38 percent from a year earlier, as platform expanded sales volumes and gross profit.
In a statement on Thursday, the Malaysia-headquartered company said it…
Video gaming is the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce vertical, EBANX/WDL reports
New EBANX analysis of WDL data shows that emerging markets are driving the next chapter of the gaming vertical
CURITIBA, Brazil, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Video gaming is the fastest-growing e-commerce vertical in the world, with a compound annual growth rate of 13.3% projected through 2035, going from USD 206.1 billion to USD 633.8 billion. Emerging economies are 42 of the 50 fastest-growing…
LibAI Lab Launches NewFace.AI, Extending Its Creative AI Expertise to E-Commerce and UGC Production
Agent-driven Canvas, field-tested Skills and Seedance 2.5 bring flexible production to sellers, creators and teams
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LibAI Lab today announced the launch of NewFace.AI, an AI image and video creation platform built for e-commerce sellers, agencies and UGC creators. LibAI Lab's AI image editing and video generation platform has appeared in every edition…
Egypt’s Fincart raises $2.8M seed round to expand e-commerce platform across Africa, Middle East
Egypt-based Fincart, a shipping platform, has closed an oversubscribed $2.8 million seed funding round co-led by Launch Africa and Antler MENAP, with participation from Yango Ventures, Five35 Ventures, Bluestream Capital, Hi2 Global, Kalahari Venture Labs, and other MENA and Africa-focused investors.
In a statement on Monday, Fincart said the round follows a pre-seed raise led by Plus VC with…
Southeast Asia’s e-commerce problem isn’t growth; It’s keeping up with it
Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market is often talked about in terms of scale and growth. According to the DBS Nextwave SEA 2025 Report, e-commerce GMV across the region is projected to reach US$185 billion in 2025, rising to US$410 billion by 2030. For the regional teams sitting in Singapore, KL or Bangkok, managing brand P&Ls across Southeast Asia, that growth story is indeed a real…
Singapore’s e-commerce growth stays strong, ride-hailing faces fuel pressure – Maybank
Maybank Investment Bank has expected e-commerce competition in Singapore to remain stable and growth elevated in the second half. However, it sees ride hailing services may see softness owing to higher fuel prices.
The research house said in its recent report that into the second half, it sees macro softness, fuel prices and foreign exchange as the key factors to watch in Singapore's internet…
DITP Equips Thai Entrepreneurs for Global Growth through Fourth Cross-Border E-Commerce Training
BANGKOK, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, continues to strengthen the capabilities of Thai entrepreneurs as they expand into international online markets through the fourth training and seminar session for Thai e-commerce store representatives.
DITP Equips Thai Entrepreneurs for Global Growth through Fourth…