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Manit Parikh of The Binary Holdings on DEFA and ASEAN’s digital economy [Q&A]

Manit Parikh, founder and CEO of The Binary Holdings, discusses how ASEAN’s Digital Economy Framework Agreement could help make telco apps, payments, rewards, and digital services more useful across borders.

Tencent subsidiary’s WeChat Malaysia granted Malaysia Digital status, to expand local operations

WeChat Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant Tencent, has been awarded “Malaysia Digital” (MD) status by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation, marking a step in the company’s expansion within Malaysia’s digital sector.

WeChat, TikTok granted licenses to operate in Malaysia

Tech firms WeChat and ByteDance (TikTok) have successfully obtained their licenses to operate in Malaysia, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said Wednesday.

Tencent HQ in Shenzhen, China

China’s Tencent picks Singapore as Southeast Asia HQ

Tech giant behind Joox and iFlix looks for a safe haven.