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24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )
16/04/2024 Google Chat working on adding group audio and video call function within Gmail Spaces ( General )
15/04/2024 Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam ( Electronics )
15/04/2024 Vietravel Airlines reports first profits in 3 years ( General )

Retail Asia17/10/2023

Google Wallet is finally rolling out a previously announced feature that lets you digitize your physical passes, like transit passes, gym memberships cards, parking passes, and library cards. The feature is currently only available on Pixel phones, but will hopefully be rolled out to other Android devices in the future. This feature was originally teased by […]

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Retail Asia01/10/2022

Digital marketing trends are always evolving in China and without the set features of global platforms like Google and Facebook, Chinese digital companies are often leading the rollout of promotional and ecommerce features on their platforms. Therefore, it is very important to stay on top of these trends to leverage the most value out of […]

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Retail Asia30/09/2022

Huawei has been working with governments across the globe to help them build a national digital foundation based on “one cloud” and “one network”; to promote the construction of national digital infrastructure; to further open key opportunities in various markets such as government, healthcare, education, and emergency response; and to accelerate the digital upgrade of […]

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Retail Asia19/08/2022

DTS Digital Transformation Alliance has supported dozens of startups in technology, and is accompanying thousands of businesses through their digital transformation and journey into the Metaverse. In the global context of Industry 4.0, digital transformation is the biggest opportunity and challenge for businesses. To carry out digital transformation and develop successful technology schemes, Vietnamese startups […]

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Retail Asia29/07/2022

In the next three years, 5G connections across the globe will reach 400 million, according to a recent study by the Global Systems of Mobile Communications Association (GSMA). Its Mobile Economy Asia Pacific 2022 report suggests that 148 million of these connections will include the Asia Pacific, with 333 million new mobile internet users in […]

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Retail Asia02/06/2022

There is a large gap between private banking and your average smartphone app, according to a new study. But a small avant-garde makes headway. Swiss traditional private banking pure-play Julius Baer seems to be the grand citadel of Insta-bankers. That is the surprising conclusion of a study by consultancy Columbus Consulting. It ranked 27 of […]

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Retail Asia12/05/2022

Many banks are making digital products an essential part of their offerings. It looks like UBS is joining the fray. UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank as registered several new brand names in the Swiss trademark register. Among the new brands are UBS Key4 banking, UBS Key4 wealth, and UBS Key4 business, which have been registered and […]

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Retail Asia14/04/2022

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A few weeks after Apple, the Samsung Digital Car Key initiative announced support for a number of new BMW, Kia, and Genesis models, reports TizenHelp. These include the Genesis GV60, Genesis G90, BMW 1-8 Series, BMW Z4, BMW X5-X7, BMW iX3, BMW iX, BMW i4, and the Kia Niro. While the luxury Genesis models will support both NFC […]

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Retail Asia06/04/2022

Many central banks have or plan to launch digital central bank money. A PwC study looks at the winners and losers. A study from PwC released Monday analyzing central banks’ level of maturity and development of their digital currencies (CBDCs), shows that Nigeria’s eNaira scores high in retail models, with Thailand the frontrunner among wholesale […]

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Retail Asia21/03/2022

Russia’s largest bank has been approved by the Bank of Russia to issue digital financial assets on its platform starting a month from now. Sberbank received regulatory approval to start issuing digital financial assets (DFAs), Russia’s largest bank announced in a statement Thursday. It has been included in the list of information system operators issuing digital […]

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Retail Asia07/02/2022

Digital service provider to help customers mitigate the impact of online risks, StarHub and Chubb Insurance Singapore Limited (Chubb) have introduced CyberCover, a cyber protection policy designed to provide financial support for StarHub mobile and broadband customers affected by cyber-bullying, identity theft, unauthorized transactions, and undelivered or discrepancies in online purchases. With CyberCover, cyber protection, […]

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Retail Asia04/02/2022

The Swiss Bitcoin Association recommends the first technical standards for simplified payment verification (SPV) using digital currencies, eliminating the need to download entire the blockchain for transactions. Switzerland’s Bitcoin SV Technical Standards Committee today recommended its first digital currency standard for simplified payment verification (SPV), enabling transactions to occur without having to download the entire blockchain. This standardized […]

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Retail Asia03/01/2022

With Covid-19 forcing people to stay at home and spend time online, e-commerce has been thriving. When Tet, the Lunar New Year, was a month and a half away e-commerce platforms had already achieved a strong increase in revenues during their December-12 promotion program. Lazada said sales doubled from the same period in 2020, while […]

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Retail Asia20/12/2021

SLA Digital has announced a new partnership with Unitel Group, a Mongolian telecommunications company, with Unitel naming SLA Digital as their managed service provider for carrier billing. As part of the relationship, SLA Digital will also be able to offer digital content providers access to Unitel’s other payment options including IPTV payments, Toki E-Wallet and […]

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Retail Asia01/12/2021

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The regional neighbors aim to boost cross-border collaborations that will strengthen Asean regional payments and provide financial inclusivity to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and micro-small-to-medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The central banks of Singapore and the Philippines have signed an agreement at the World Fintech Festival Philippines to boost payments cooperation, which includes the linkage of the two countries’ […]

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Retail Asia30/11/2021

The payments infrastructure provider has announced the integration of Indonesian «buy now pay later» (BNPL) pioneer Kredivo to its platform. PPRO is partnering Kredivo – one of Indonesia’s largest and fastest-growing digital credit platforms – to allow more merchants to reach a large pool of underbanked or unbanked Indonesians. The integration is a cooperation between PPRO, […]

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Retail Asia29/11/2021

Participants include MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, Mizuho Bank, Japan Post Bank, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., East Japan Railway, and Mitsubishi, as well as local governments. The Bank of Japan, Financial Services Agency of Japan, and three ministries are observing its activities. Digital Currency Forum – a consortium of 74 Japanese firms – is […]

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Retail Asia11/11/2021

A shift to round-the-clock trading in August has seen trading volumes in the two months surpassing the total trading volume of the first eight months of the year by 40 percent. DBS has reported strong growth in its digital asset ecosystem, anchored by DDEx, or the DBS Digital Exchange, which now has over S$600 million in […]

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Retail Asia30/09/2021

The bank said the newly created role will help one of its key pillars of embedding its solutions into the digital platforms that its clients are adopting. HSBC has appointed Aman Narain as head of platforms for global commercial banking, a role in which he will lead its strategy, including the development, commercialization and innovation of propositions, according to […]

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Retail Asia20/08/2021

The pilot will initially be conducted on a limited group under the BOT before it is expanded to the public, retail stores, banks and non-banking facilities. The Bank of Thailand is set to begin testing a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the second quarter of 2022, the central bank said in a statement on […]

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