ASEAN

More capital flows into Asean amid pandemic and US-China tensions (The Business Times)

The Asean region is set to see more capital inflows as companies look to diversify their investments and supply chains amid US-China tensions in a post-pandemic world. On the whole, Asean...

Philippines

Singlife Philippines officially launched its partnership with GCash to offer no-fuss protection to Filipinos (Manila Bulletin)

Mobile-first life insurer Singlife Philippines announced its official partnership with the country’s leading mobile wallet GCash, showcasing an innovative customer experience that will be available on the GCash app. Proving to be...

ASEAN

Overcome Technical Debt in the Quest for Innovation (Rimini Street)

The writer is the Regional General Manager, Southeast Asia and Greater China of Rimini Street, Andrew Seow. Executive leaders today recognise that positive customer experiences can make or break a business of...

ASEAN

The Increasing Customer Expectation and the Impact on Enterprise Digital Priorities

For consumers now, digital experience goes beyond enabling a seamless purchase. Lazada launched LazLive to enable a more interactive experience for the in-app purchases in order to drive higher transaction...

ASEAN

Pan-ASEAN Covid-19 recovery plan needed to thrust bloc into Internet 4.0 (The Phnom Penh Post)

Manufacturers such as Vietnam’s Garment 10 introduced modern technology and solutions into their manufacturing production, internet marketing and sales. Garment 10 had utilised the data collected about customers, leveraged on...

Philippines

Telco Expands 5G Service to Prepaid Market (Manila Bulletin)

In 2019, Globe became the first telco in Southeast Asia to launch 5G when it introduced it’s AirFiber broadband for Globe at Home subscribers. Shortly after, Globe unveiled the first...

Philippines

UnionBank, Lazada and Mastercard launch Philippines’ first e-commerce credit card (Manila Standard)

As another testament to UnionBank’s digital banking technology, the UnionBank Lazada credit card also introduces a new virtual credit card - which cardholders can use for online transactions without waiting...

Philippines

1st REIT listing shows PHL market ready to resume business (Philippine News Agency)

“REITs will help boost our 'Build, Build, Build' program, given the wide range of real estate property assets it can own. Infrastructure investments will primarily fuel our bounce back plan....

APAC

AirAsia accelerates digital transformation with robotic process automation in partnership with JIFFY.ai (AirAsia)

AirAsia Group is accelerating its ongoing digital transformation journey further by implementing robotic process automation (RPA) in collaboration with Silicon Valley and India-based enterprise automation platform JIFFY.ai. “RPA will enable us...

Philippines

PH property developer Megaworld forms tech investment unit (Deal Street Asia)

With Agile Digital Ventures, Megaworld now joins a number of Philippine conglomerates that are venturing into the venture investments. Last year, Philippine-listed conglomerate Ayala Corporation launched a $150-million fund that...

Philippines

DICT seeks P46.6-B budget for 2021 (Manila Bulletin)

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is seeking Congress approval of its P46.6-billion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2021 to fund programs for digital transformation in the new...

ASEAN

Customer Experience as the Centre of a Business’s Endeavour

Today businesses have realized that digital transformation strategies must begin with the customer experience. According to Asia IoT Business Platform's ASEAN Digital Enterprise Report, 41% of businesses identified improving customer experience or...

Philippines

PLDT Enterprise launches digital transformation program to help businesses (Rappler)

PLDT Inc., through its Enterprise Business Group, launched a multi-million dollar digital transformation program aimed at improving service delivery, employee engagement, and operational efficiency to better cater to their customers’...

ASEAN

Reviewing Returns of Digital Investments in ASEAN - Key Takeaways from AIBP Focus, 14 May 2020

In compliance with the lockdown and social distancing measures implemented across Southeast Asia, we had to put our regional travel and face to face meetings on hold. Amidst this downtime,...

ASEAN

How ASEAN Financial Institutions can Accelerate their Digitalisation Efforts - A Personal Reflection

The writer is the Senior Vice President, Systems, EMEA & JAPAC of Oracle, Chung Heng Han. Last week, I participated in a CxO Roundtable hosted by Asia IoT Business Platform,...

ASEAN

Driving adoption of real-time payments in Asean (The Business Times)

Recognising the opportunity presented by the propensity of the population to adopt digital payments, and their evident role in driving financial inclusion, governments in ASEAN have been fast transforming their payments...

Philippines

COVID-19 accelerates digital transformation in PH (Inquirer)

“Digital transformation is no longer just part of a future direction or a nice-to-have—it has now become an imperative,” says Eduardo Bonoan, senior general manager and marketing head at Epson...

ASEAN

Real estate agents urged to diversify portfolio, use digital technology (Edge Prop)

Secretary-general of ASEAN Real Estate Network Alliance (ARENA) K Soma Sundram said immediate planning should be taken by leveraging the use of technology and digitalisation to make themselves known in the digital...

Philippines

UnionBank heads to the streets with 5G-enabled 'Bank on Wheels' (Rappler)

UnionBank is rolling out 'the country’s first-ever 5G mobile banking kiosk' to serve customers in various areas in Metro Manila during the enhanced community quarantine brought about by the coronavirus...

ASEAN

2020 will be the year of making smart cities sustainable (The Business Times)

5G is fast becoming a reality, with Asia Pacific leading the 5G race in terms of deployment and adoption. South Korea was the first in the world to launch commercial...