News
Snapshot of online-only banks status in Asia
Financial regulators across Asia are creating new rules for online-only banks as they seek to shake up often staid markets – snapshot here. Read more…
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Features
Half of all fintech customers in Asia are married and have kids
Married people with one or two kids comprise the highest share of customers of fintech lending services in Asia. Read more…
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Technology a mixed blessing for LGBT+ people in Asia
Technology has proved a mixed blessing for LGBT+ people in Asia, opening opportunities to connect but fanning hate speech, death threats and attacks. Read more…
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The difference between 5G in Europe and Asia is huge
There seems to be a 5G digital divide appearing between Europe and Asia and it is not difficult to see who the winner will be. Read more…
Off the Wire
Press clippings from the Asia region w/e 20 October 2019
Press clippings from the Asia region w/e 21 October 2019 – press releases you might have missed. Read more…
Features
Just how good are OTT voice services across Asia
A new report measures the quality of over-the-top (OTT) voice services experienced by consumers across 80 countries, including Singapore Read more…
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Employee engagement trends impacting Asia today
Employee engagement is how motivated workers feel to contribute to company performance? To what extent do they feel important? What’s different in Asia? Read more…
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Accessibility for all in Asia through website development
One in six people in the Asia region live with a disability and face barriers to readily access websites and other internet services. Read more…
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Roaming-as-a-Service comes of age in Asia
Operators across Asia-Pacific are increasingly adopting managed roaming-as-a-service offered by global providers with expertise in the domain. Read more…
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Asia’s biggest economies are backing hydrogen fuel cell cars
Asia’s biggest economies – China, Japan and South Korea have set ambitious targets to put millions of hydrogen-powered vehicles on their roads. Read more…
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Huawei interested in undersea cable South America to Asia
Huawei Technologies said on Wednesday it was “very actively” interested in building the first undersea fibre-optic cable between South America and Asia. Read more…
Off the Wire
Highest demand for fintech financing in urban areas of Asia
Residents in urban areas of Asia fall back upon fintech services providing personal financing far more often than in less urbanized regions. Read more…
Off the Wire
Online customers in Asia prefer Asian-made smartphones
Online customers in Asia prefer Asian-made smartphones most of all according to findings made by analysts. Read more…
Views
Notable ways Asia is deploying blockchain technology
Blockchain has evolved into an innovative dynamic solution to many underserved financial service areas, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. Read more…
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Opening Asia’s API gate: 5G monetisation opportunities
Digital Service Providers (DSPs) hold the key to monetisation and by partnering with DSPs mobile operators can open up their network APIs to third parties. Read more…
Features
USA and Asia dominate world’s most valuable technology brands
Top 5 most valuable tech brands are brands from USA, remaining 5 are from China and South Korea, asserting the dominance and competitiveness of Asia. Read more…
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Will Asia succumb to the robocall menace plaguing the USA?
Last year over 48 billion (yes, 48 billion!) robocalls were paced in the USA alone, but the issue is certain not limited to that market. Read more…
News
Axiata and Telenor announce mega-merger of Asian assets
Axiata Group Berhad and Telenor ASA are in discussions to establish a new merged global entity by combining all their Asian operations. Read more…
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Asia cybersecurity and financial crime compliance key priorities
Cybersecurity and financial crime compliance are among key priorities – on-premises, in the cloud, on endpoints and across multiple DevOps environments. Read more…
Off the Wire
BlockShow returns to celebrate blockchain in Asia
Asia is the world’s growth factory. Two of the fastest growing economies in the world at the moment China and India are in Asia. It has been nearly 50 years since the Bangkok declaration that Read more…