Southeast Asia stories
Local payment options and currency are now a make-or-break factor for online sales in seven emerging markets, dLocal's survey found.
Backing for Indonesia's digital payments push gives 01F Group a foothold in a market that could reach USD $1 trillion by 2030.
Businesses in Southeast Asia can now pay staff in up to 16 currencies from JustLogin, cutting payroll delays and compliance headaches.
Manual, disconnected systems are slowing enrolment, reporting and student support as universities across the region chase faster growth.
Consumer lending across Southeast Asia will expand for Grab, which is funding a controlling stake in Atome Financial entirely from existing cash.
Local brands will get more support as the ad verification firm deepens its Malaysia push amid rising concern over AI-generated content quality.
Singapore-based clients gain a nearby multilingual support base as TP expands Malaysian operations with a Johor Bahru centre near the border.
The site will link AI research with product development, as Google Cloud uses Singapore to build tools for global customers and regional deployment.
The enlarged pilot lets up to 20,000 users spend and swap THBT inside TrueMoney, testing blockchain payments for everyday use.
Demand for compact air treatment in Singapore has prompted LG to add a wall-hugging purifier suited to smaller urban homes.
AI is fuelling dealmaking across Australia and Southeast Asia, with buyers chasing proprietary tech, scalable models and data centre capacity.
Enterprises handling large multilingual workloads may gain cheaper, faster translation as Cohere's new model targets data control and sovereign deployment.
The funding will help the Singapore payments firm expand regulated stablecoin services and merchant acceptance across Asia and Europe.
The cash will fund research, product expansion and overseas sales as the San Francisco-based company grows beyond 100 enterprise customers.
Demand for Claude in regulated sectors is driving Anthropic to deepen its Asia-Pacific footprint as Singapore usage outpaces population size.
Asia-Pacific will drive nearly half of global jet demand as rising traffic and fleet replacement push need for 19,120 new aircraft by 2045.
The funding will help the Hong Kong-based fintech expand lending to online merchants across Asia and the US as demand for trade finance grows.
Digital wallet users will gain wider cross-border acceptance as Mastercard links Wallet Pay to Alipay+ and regional providers worldwide.
Teams are increasingly keeping briefs, data and presentations in one place as Canva targets office software rivals with a broader productivity suite.
Telecoms operators are using the software to cut outages, alarm noise and order failures after live trials expanded across five continents.
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