Indonesia

Indonesia's new wealth fund keen to invest in digital economy (The Jakarta Post)

Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), a recently founded sovereign wealth fund, has expressed interest in start-ups in an apparent move to capitalize on rapid growth in the tech industry. INA chief executive...

Singapore

Rainmaking teams up with ESG to launch supply-chain focused accelerator (The Business Times)

The programme, called the Supply Chain Resilience Accelerator, will back at least 20 startups from Singapore that specialise in supply-chain solutions. Aiming to strengthen local and global supply chains, it...

ASEAN

Capgemini clients to reduce IT carbon footprint with new offering (Smart Energy International)

A recent report from the Capgemini Research Institute suggests that 61% of organizations that have built a comprehensive roadmap to accelerate sustainable IT implementation have realized improved ESG scores, 56% have seen...

ASEAN

The hard truth about business-IT alignment (CIO)

Information technology is no longer a case-by-case choice requiring a careful cost/benefit analysis for each implementation. Nothing your business does happens without it. That’s the essence of digital-ness, which is...

ASEAN

Key Takeaways from Customer Experience for e-Tail - Communicating Your Way to A Happy Customer

Consumers today are placing increasing importance on convenience, personalization, visibility and speed. As eCommerce retailers and logistics providers strive to be more responsive and attuned to customer needs, customer interaction...

ASEAN

How are Financial Institutions Implementing Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (ML)?

By creating a personalised insurance profile for their customers, insurers in Malaysia are looking to introduce algorithms to apply individual risk scoring for each customer based on the customer’s historical and...

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia eCommerce platform Lazada launches public bug bounty program with YesWeHack (PR Newswire)

Southeast Asia's leading eCommerce platform Lazada announces the launch of a public bug bounty program with YesWeHack to identify vulnerabilities, after running a successful 18 month-long private program. Since January 2020, Lazada...

Singapore

UOB launches pilot for customers to sign electronic documents via Singpass (Channel News Asia)

UOB has launched a pilot to allow customers to sign electronic documents via their Singpass app, said the bank on Thursday (Jun 10). Under an initial 12-month pilot, the bank said...

ASEAN

Key Takeaways from Supply Chains for Omnichannel - The Digital Supply Chain Strategy for Omnichannel Distribution

Delving into the importance of digitalisation for supply chains and distribution in the age of e-commerce and omnichannel retail, the focus group today comprise of omnichannel players, e-commerce enablers, and...

Indonesia

How Warung Pintar moved from a kiosk focused startup to an end-to-end digital solution for retail in Indonesia (Deal Street Asia)

While closely associated with bright yellow kiosks, Warung Pintar is pursuing the far bigger ambition of transforming and digitalising traditional trade in Indonesia, with comprehensive solutions for all stakeholders. Modernising traditional...

Philippines, Singapore

Cauayan City navigates typhoon damage with help of Singapore startup Graffiquo (The Business Times)

According to Cauayan City Mayor Bernard Faustino Dy, the Philippines in general gets about 20 typhoons every year. In Cauayan, they average between seven to 10 major typhoons per year. To...

ASEAN

Chinese companies look to Malaysia for expansion plans: Standard Chartered (The Business Times)

Chinese companies with an appetite for the Asean region are favouring Malaysia in their expansion plans, according to a pulse survey commissioned by Standard Chartered on growth opportunities in the...

Asia Pacific

Asia's factories sustain expansion, supply chain woes cloud outlook (Channel News Asia)

Asia's factory activity continued to expand in May thanks to an ongoing recovery in global demand, surveys showed, though rising raw material costs and supply chain constraints clouded the outlook. A...

ASEAN

Essential Elements of the Omnichannel Strategy

The establishment of e-commerce channels has profound impacts on business processes, from supply chain management to logistics and fulfilment. From our conversations with ASEAN stakeholders, enterprises which have adopted digital...

ASEAN

Combating Energy Theft in ASEAN with Digital Technology

In parallel to strong economic growth, Southeast Asia is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world in terms of electricity demand. Driven by the growing ownership of household appliances...

Asia Pacific

Building the right digital foundation for a post-Covid world (The Business Times)

The need to improve how businesses connect with their customers digitally is especially pertinent for companies looking to expand their footprint in Southeast Asia. More than two out of five...

Singapore

S'pore only S-E Asian market to see growth in private equity deals, deal value in 2020: Report (The Straits Times)

Bain & Company partner Alessandro Cannarsi pointed out that while there have been very successful firms in the Internet ecosystem in South-east Asia, it remains an ecosystem with "ample headroom to...

ASEAN

AIBP 2020 ASEAN Enterprise Innovation Awards

In 2020, we received overwhelming response from the 5 ASEAN countries, with over 140 nominations submitted. 31 finalists presented their projects in a series of closed-door, online discussion forums held...

ASEAN

Takeaways from AIBP Insights Open Inclusive Banking Ecosystem

In our final session for BFSI, our panelists from Bank Syariah Indonesia, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), Standard Chartered Bank, Talend, UnionBank and VPBank came together to discuss and share...

ASEAN

Takeaways from AIBP Insights Digital Technologies for Transformation

In our 2nd session for BFSI, our panelists from AXA Mandiri, Bank KEB Hana, Bank OCBC NISP, Kasikorn Labs, Koinworks, Microsoft, Talend and Zurich Topas Life came together to discuss...