Hong Kong stories
Colter Bay launches AUD $100m Australian private credit fund
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Colter Bay launches Australian private credit fund with AUD $100m facility to plug an estimated AUD $25bn lower mid-market funding gap.
Why women must be at the agentic AI table
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Women must help design agentic AI in Asian banking, or tech will hardwire old gender biases into the financial systems of the future.
Building payments that work for everyone: Why diverse teams are the key to secure innovation
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Diverse, psychologically safe teams are proving crucial to designing secure, seamless payment innovations that reflect real customers' lives.
Hitachi Vantara tops APeJ high-end storage rankings
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Hitachi Vantara claims top APeJ ranking for high-end external storage as enterprises boost critical data infrastructure and AI workloads.
Tackling the top 5 sanctions screening challenges in APAC
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APAC banks face data gaps, false alerts and opaque ownership as they race to modernise sanctions screening amid fragmented rules.
Hitachi Vantara tops APeJ high-end storage rankings
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Hitachi Vantara claims top APeJ spot in IDC's Q3 2025 rankings for high-end external storage, leading key markets including India and Korea.
Marketing Society adds two marketing chiefs in Hong Kong
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The Marketing Society names Chubb Life and Driscoll's CMOs to its Hong Kong board, boosting APAC reach with insurance and agrifood expertise.
Nuvola & Certis tie up on predictive security tech
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Nuvola Media and Certis partner to fuse AI-powered visual analytics with security ops, promising more predictive, data-driven protection.
Unlimit names Michele Fung as new head of Asia Pacific
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Unlimit appoints Hong Kong-based Michele Fung as Asia-Pacific head to drive regional expansion in increasingly competitive payments markets.
Pure Global unveils flat-fee model for device approvals
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Pure Global launches flat-fee device approval model from $2,000 a year, bundling AI-assisted registration and post-market support.
Trane to acquire LiquidStack in data centre cooling push
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Trane Technologies will acquire liquid cooling specialist LiquidStack to bolster data centre thermal management for AI and high-density computing.
Trane Technologies to buy LiquidStack in AI cooling push
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Trane Technologies will acquire AI-focused data centre cooling specialist LiquidStack, expanding its liquid and rack-level thermal management range.
Teads, Samsung Ads partner on CTV homescreen reach
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Teads teams with Samsung Ads to sell homescreen spots on Samsung Smart TVs across seven key Asia-Pacific connected TV markets.
Singapore & Hong Kong lead in AI-ready finance sectors
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Singapore and Hong Kong emerge as global front-runners for AI-ready finance, with banks rapidly scaling AI, cloud and security investments.
HAESL taps HCLTech to digitise Hong Kong engine MRO
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digital transformation
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supply chain
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HAESL selects HCLTech to build a new SAP-based digital engine MRO platform in Hong Kong, boosting traceability and real-time visibility.
Older Asia-Pacific founders chase unicorn valuations
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Asia-Pacific startup founders are growing older but no less ambitious, with most over 45 and four in ten still chasing unicorn valuations.
AI adoption surges in Singapore but strong ROI lags
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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storage
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data protection
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hybrid cloud
AI use is now near universal in Singapore, but few organisations can show strong returns as data complexity and security risks bite.
Public safety LTE & 5G spend to top USD $6.3 billion
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Global public safety LTE and 5G spending will climb from USD $5bn in 2025 to over USD $6.3bn annually by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.
Singapore, Shenzhen trial cross-border data platform
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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data protection
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Singapore and Shenzhen launch a blockchain-based data validation trial, starting with cross-border checks on business owners' credit reports.
DayOne plans major 560 MW data centre near Helsinki
Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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DayOne eyes 560 MW data centre near Helsinki in Nurmijärvi, promising up to 1,000 construction jobs and 700 long-term skilled roles.