News
All real-money games in India to be federally regulated
India’s planned regulation of online gaming will apply to all real-money games after the PM’s office overruled a proposal to exempt games of chance. Read more…
Month: December 2022
Features
Five emerging fraud types in APAC identified for 2023
2023 will be another year of frauds with emerging ‘new’ fraud vectors causing further erosion of digital trust in banks, telecoms, social media and e-commerce. Read more…
News
APAC 5G revenues to hit US$13 billion by 2028
As 5G continues to gain momentum in APAC, opportunities for businesses to capitalize on the technology are rapidly increasing – revenues to hit US$13bn by 2028. Read more…
News
Germany, unlike USA, chooses not to ban all Huawei products
Germany does not want to follow the United States in generally banning products made by Chinese telecoms equipment makers such as Huawei. Read more…
News
US dismisses bank fraud charges against Huawei CFO
A US judge on Friday dismissed an indictment on bank fraud and other charges against Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of China’s Huawei Technologies. Read more…
Views
Data should improve services for ‘good’ and ‘bad’ customers
Customer data enables fairly priced services and a better experience for all – yet many firms use it to treat “good” customers better. That’s a bad idea. Read more…
News
AIS and SCB abandon their digital banking JV
AIS says it is backing out from a JV with Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) that aimed to provide digital banking services. Future dealings are still on the table. Read more…
News
India’s digital rupee pilot is not going great (so far)
A month into India’s pilot project for using an official digital rupee for inter-bank and institutional transactions, stakeholders seeing no benefits. Read more…
News
Neuralink to start human trials in six months, says Musk
Elon Musk expects a wireless brain chip developed by Neuralink to begin human clinical trials in six months, after missing earlier timelines set by him. Read more…
Features
Malaysia’s HealthMetrics – boosting corporate healthcare
How did Malaysian health-tech company HealthMetrics recently accelerate its corporate membership to grew to more than 2 million members and policyholders? Read more…
News
Indian telcos ordered not to roll out 5G around airports
Indian authorities have directed telcos rolling out C-band 5G to create a buffer zone in and around airports to avoid interference with aircraft frequencies. Read more…
News
Bank Indonesia reveals its plans for a digital rupiah
Indonesia’s central bank has unveiled plans for a digital rupiah currency that will use blockchain tech, as the country sees a boom in digital transactions. Read more…