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Retail Asia23/01/2024

Meta made a lot of concessions to be allowed to continue to function across the European continent, such as adding the ability to use Instagram and Facebook for free with ads, or subscribe to stop seeing ads. Starting this month, Instagram and Facebook users in the EU, EEA and Switzerland will be offered additional choices about […]

Retail Asia06/09/2023

Ever get annoyed when something just doesn’t work quite right? It might be handy, it might have its uses, but there’s still that feeling of having to scoot the chair to crack open the fridge, you know what I mean? Well, sometimes, these irritating quirks come from apps, and it’s a relief when they get […]

Retail Asia12/05/2023

After this month is over, Meta is pulling the Facebook Messenger app from the Apple Watch. Starting on June 1st, Apple Watch users can no longer send or receive messages using the app. The news got out after some users of the wearable spotted a notification on the Apple Watch Messenger app titled “Changes to […]

Retail Asia30/04/2021

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In a world-first, the two countries have established a link between Singapore’s PayNow and Thailand’s equivalent PromptPay. Customers in Singapore with DBS, OCBC, and UOB accounts, and customers of Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn Bank, Krung Thai Bank, and Siam Commercial Bank in Thailand will be able to securely perform cross-border peer-to-peer transactions of up to S$1,000 […]

Retail Asia24/03/2020

Hong Kong Reit Link Asset Management has signed an AU$212 million (US$123 million) five-year sustainability-linked loan with DBS Bank. The loan is deliberately structured to incentivize sustainable practices, incorporating a reduced pricing structure with interest cost savings, which Link will be eligible for if it maintains its listing on leading global sustainability indices and achieves […]

Retail Asia25/02/2019

Link Asset Management has bought the Centralwalk shopping mall in Shenzhen’s CBD via its real estate investment trust. The RMB6.6 billion (US$981.9 million) transaction marks Link REIT’s first acquisition in Shenzhen, the second in the Greater Bay Area and its fifth in Mainland China, all in tier-one cities. Centralwalk is a five-storey retail centre in […]

Retail Asia06/12/2018

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Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, has today launched its Future of Security Roadmap for Thailand, outlining a robust approach for strengthening payments security in the country over the next 3 years. Visa’s Roadmap focuses on a number of key initiatives which will enable security to evolve at the same pace as the technologies changing […]

Retail Asia16/11/2018

Link Reit has improved like-for-like revenue by 7 per cent in the first half year, with car park revenues up 10 per cent and retail up 6.6 per cent. The valuation of Link’s investment properties portfolio reached HK$209.8 billion, an increase of 3.3 per cent compared to March 31. In a results announcement, the company […]

Retail Asia06/11/2017

Japan’s NTT Com has launched a new ultra-low latency connectivity service between the financial markets of Tokyo in Japan and Chicago in the United States. The operator said the JPX-Chicago Co-Location Direct service offers the industry’s lowest latency for connectivity between Japan Exchange Group’s (JPX) colocation centre and the Cermak data center used by Chicago’s financial market. […]

Retail Asia27/01/2017

While Internet-based competition has created serious issues for traditional retailers, the Internet is now benefiting established retailers by becoming a conduit for substantially reducing their computer network costs while offering increased flexibility, reliability and new options for servicing customers. Lower communications costs are helping traditional retailers to shrink the advantage gained by digital retailers whose […]

Retail Asia17/11/2016

A direct air link between India and Indonesia is set to become a reality with Garuda Indonesia, the South East Asian country’s national air carrier, considering to launch a service soon. Garuda Indonesia plans to introduce direct flights connecting Jakarta-Mumbai. In all likelihood, it should happen this December, Consul General of Indonesia Saut Siringoringo said […]

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Meta will soon allow users to unlink their Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger accounts

WhatsApp will give you more control over video messages with a small update

Meta is pulling the Facebook Messenger app from the Apple Watch

Singapore and Thailand Link National Payment Infrastructures

Link secures its first sustainability-linked loan

Hong Kong’s Link REIT Buys Shenzhen Mall for RMB 6.6B

Visa Thailand to strengthen security in payment

Solid six months for Link Reit

NTT Com launches lowest latency Tokyo-Chicago link

How new network technology helps Singapore’s traditional retailers to cut expenditure

Direct air link to Indonesia from Mumbai soon