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Singapore’s Paradise restaurant group plans APAC expansion

Mei Ling Tan July 16, 2019

Paradise restaurant group plans to open its 150th outlet worldwide by 2021, with an initial focus on Singapore. The company has opened 10 outlets in Singapore since January, include three…

E-commerce sales up in New Zealand with 16 per cent last year

Mei Ling Tan July 16, 2019

New Zealand consumers spent $4.2 billion online last year, a 16 percent increase in 2017, according to the latest e-commerce report from NZ Post. This compares to just 2 percent…

Telegram update adds location-based chats

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

What not as popular in the U.S. as it is overseas, the Telegram messaging app offers end-to-end encryption and no limits on the number of people you can chat with…

IMF head warns fintech could disrupt world’s financial system

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned on Saturday that the increasing presence of technology giants using big data and artificial intelligence could cause a significant disruption to…

South Korean love hotels business booming and expanding

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

Yanolja’s gentrification of South Korean love hotels has brought the company a valuation of more than $1 billion from investors keen to capitalise on the globalisation of a novel approach…

New Flagship SUV From Audi Reveiled

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

The new Audi SQ8 breaks cover! It is the new flagship SUV from Audi and it gets a massive 4.0-liter V8 turbo-diesel engine with a 48-volt mild-hybrid technology. The V8 pumps…

Lexus’ Safety System+ To Be Standard In All Cars In The US From 2020

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

Collisions that result in injury can often be caused by a delay in a driver’s recognition of the situation and his or her ability to react accordingly. In a move…

Vietnamese e-commerce platform Tiki set to raise US$100 million

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

Vietnamese e-commerce platform Tiki is raising another US$100 million from a Northstar Group-led funding round. The deal, was initially aiming for $75 million, but has been scaled up with support from…

Vietnam’s Vingroup new factory to produce 125m smartphones

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

Vingroup JSC, Vietnam’s biggest listed firm by market value, said on Monday it has started work on a second smartphone factory with a capacity to produce 125 million units a…

Ooredoo Myanmar and friends launch digital literacy campaign

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

Ooredoo Myanmar, Facebook and the GSMA have jointly launched a digital literacy campaign to raise awareness and increase adoption of mobile internet in Myanmar. The “Internet 1O1” (Internet One on…

Battle for HK Retail Customers Begins as HSBC Scraps Fee

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

As banks in Hong Kong brace for fierce competition from virtual banks, HSBC on Wednesday said it is scrapping minimum balance fees and associated charges. HSBC announced on Wednesday that it…

Oriental Watch profit steady despite sales drop

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

Oriental Watch’s sales fell by 15.7 percent last year – but the company’s bottom line was only minimally affected, in part due to reduced rents. The Hong Kong-listed retailer says…

Grab explores digital-only banking licence in Singapore

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

Grab, Southeast Asia’s most valuable start-up, is exploring a move into Singapore banking as regulators in the Southeast Asian city-state consider allowing online-only banks, four people with knowledge of the…

Indonesian e-commerce site Tokopedia generates record sales

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

Tokopedia, an Indonesian e-commerce site backed by SoftBank and Alibaba, said on Wednesday it generated a record $1.3 billion in gross merchandise volume (GMV) during Ramadan sale, amid soaring demand…

Blockchain Platform Zilliqa Partners Singapore Payments Startup

Mei Ling Tan July 15, 2019

The partnership will enable Xfers to use Zilliqa’s smart contract functionalities and bring about new innovations to its suite of enterprise solutions. Blockchain technology firm Zilliqa is partnering Singapore-based fintech startup…

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