ASEAN

[REPORT] Manufacturing in ASEAN: Focus Sectors & Government Policies Driving Digital IR 4.0 Projects

ASEAN Governments have acknowledged the fundamental shift that is taking place in the technological landscape and have been rolling out various schemes and policies to encourage enterprises in their countries...

Southeast Asia

How cloud banking can enhance financial inclusion across South-east Asia (The Business Times)

Technology innovations transforming the financial services landscape in Southeast Asia include new forms of online payment, such as eWallets, which have experienced phenomenal growth in the region, and other new...

Southeast Asia

Stronger-than-expected PE fundraising for SE Asia in 2020 shows region's potential (DealStreetAsia)

"Southeast Asia's sizeable millennial and rapidly urbanizing population is shaping the speed of growth and technology innovation. As such, key areas that we are focused on include financial services, education,...

ASEAN

Enterprise Technology in ASEAN: 73% Expect Investments in Digital Technologies to increase in 2021

We released the full results of our 2020 AIBP ASEAN Enterprise Digital Transformation Survey on 26th December 2020, where 664 enterprise stakeholders from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam gave...

ASEAN

Smart Cities in ASEAN: Powering Good amidst Tough Times (INQUIRER.net)

“Driving Digitalisation Ecosystems in ASEAN” was a themed online forum recently co-hosted by Mr Van Tang, Director and Head of Business Development & International Partnerships – APAC at Hitachi. This...

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...

Thailand

National Telecom urged to focus on infrastructure (Bangkok Post)

NT, which is a merged unit of state telecom enterprises TOT and CAT Telecom, was launched on Jan 7. Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta said NT aims...

ASEAN

ASEAN needs to promote digital infrastructure development for small businesses, individuals (The Edge Markets)

ASEAN should build a new economic ecosystem by promoting the development of digital infrastructure that is accessible for both small businesses and individuals to reinforce its economic recovery efforts and...

Southeast Asia

Reinventing Southeast Asia’s retail industry to drive economic recovery (The Business Times)

With consumer behaviours, operating environments and market conditions changing constantly, responsiveness and speed are more important than ever. This is where technology platforms come in, acting as enablers for agility,...

Thailand

TOT-IEAT pact to support infrastructure (Bangkok Post)

Recently, TOT also inked a three-year MoU for a collaboration with the Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand (EECO) for a telecom infrastructure offering under the concept of infrastructure-sharing as...

Thailand

Exceeding Customer Expectations - Summary of Discussion with Muang Thai Life, Bangchak, Jardine and other Industry Leaders in Thailand

In 2020, one of the biggest digital transformation themes we covered was about customer experience and how the new rules of doing business in pandemic times make managing the customer...

Southeast Asia

Singapore banks grapple with digitization as disrupters beckon (Nikkei Asia)

DBS, OCBC and UOB have pledged to make digitalization a core part of their business transformation efforts and are spending a lot of cash to do it. DBS, the biggest...

Thailand

Overcoming Barriers in Data Sharing for Public Services in ASEAN - Takeaways from AIBP Insights, 27 Oct 2020

We had the honour of having Dr. Monsak, VP / Chief Data Officer of Digital Government Development Agency (DGA), to share about their recently launched official measures and guidelines for over...

Southeast Asia

How digital payments unlocks new growth corridors in SEA (Manila Standard)

A common trend across SEA is that mobile is fast becoming the preferred channel for e-commerce, especially amongst younger shoppers. And their use of mobile apps and e-wallets is driving...

ASEAN

The Future Of Consumption In ASEAN (The ASEAN Post)

Over the next 10 years, ASEAN will see an additional 140 million consumers, representing 16 percent of the world’s new consumers, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in a...

Thailand

Supply Chain Optimisation: Overcoming Supply Chain Disruption - Takeaways from AIBP Insights Thailand

In AIBP Insights Thailand’s penultimate session on supply chain optimisation, our discussion broached the topic of overcoming supply chain disruption with speakers from C.I.T Corporation, CP Foods (CPF), Indorama Ventures,...

Thailand

Thailand 4.0 Connected Factory, Opportunities & Challenges - Takeaways from AIBP Insights Thailand

Contributing more than a quarter of GDP, manufacturing is an important pillar of the Thai economy. As shared by Dr. Djitt Laowattane, Executive Advisor, Eastern Economic Corridor Office (EECO), the Thailand...

Philippines

AIBP Insights Philippines: A Regional Telco Discussion on Enterprise 5G Applications

It does seem that the telcos in the region are fairly optimistic with the rollout of 5G infrastructure, but the point raised by Mr. Tan, General Director of Viettel is...

Vietnam

Vietnam digital bank relaunches as e-commerce booms (Nikkei Asia)

Vietnam is seen by analysts as a market ripe for digitization. A recent Boston Consulting Group survey showed that just 40% of the population had bank accounts, a rate lower...

Thailand

Thai tycoon bets on data centre demand boom from pandemic (The Business Times)

Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, whose family built its fortune around real estate, food and beverages, is betting on a boom in online shopping, video conferencing and food delivery to drive...