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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 )
11/04/2024 Samsung adds more language availability within Galaxy AI ( Electronics )
11/04/2024 YouTube Music promises Podcasts will get better on the platform ( General )
09/04/2024 WhatsApp to roll out new photo library shortcut for faster sharing ( General )
09/04/2024 Google Messages will soon start to warn you when tapping on links sent by unknown senders ( General )
08/04/2024 Siri might end up King in the realm of digital assistants after iOS 18 AI makeover ( Electronics )
05/04/2024 Google’s “Find My Device” network reportedly launching in 3 days ( General )
04/04/2024 Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp users are reporting a “Major Disruption” worldwide ( General )

Retail Asia20/09/2023

Singapore-based sneaker marketplace Novelship has bagged US$9.5 million in its Series B funding round led by East Ventures, iGlobe Partners, and GSR Ventures. The company said the new funds will be used to accelerate its expansion plans in Southeast Asia, including enhancing its logistics capabilities, refining authentication processes, expanding its slew of in-house collections, and […]

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Retail Asia22/07/2022

The Intel vPro platform offers a comprehensive solution for businesses to increase productivity, protect business assets and maintain business organizations to get over the Covid-19 pandemic. The long term effects of Covid-19 have forced the world to quickly find new ways to live safely with it while maintaining stable socio-economic activities. With the development of […]

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Retail Asia28/03/2022

Apple could be fined this coming week by the Netherlands’ ACM (Authority for Consumers and Markets) for continuing to take a cut of 15% to 30% of in-app payments for dating apps in the country that are downloaded from Apple’s App Store. Apple does not allow developers to offer alternative payment platforms for their apps […]

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Retail Asia07/01/2022

Atmosphere, a streaming TV service for businesses like restaurants and gyms, announced its partnership with TikTok. The new collaboration will bring carefully selected TikTok videos to businesses around the world in the form of a new channel on Atmosphere’s platform. Dan Page, TikTok’s Head of Global Business Development and New Screens, said about the new partnership, “By […]

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Retail Asia24/11/2021

Pomelo’s triple-digit revenue growth after re-opening across the region has shown hope for retailers in Southeast Asia as retail bounds back post-Covid lockdowns. In Thailand, the omnichannel retailer saw a spike in the platform’s revenue growth of 127 percent between August and October as the country eased restrictions with malls and restaurants reopening in September. […]

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Retail Asia23/11/2021

Vietnam Airlines has launched a new e-commerce platform VNAMALL, focused on selling imported products from countries to which it operates. As many as 300 products are available starting Monday on the platform, mainly pastries, fruit and wine. The airline also sells food typically available on its flights. It also introduced Vietnam Airlines Gift Card that […]

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Retail Asia11/11/2021

The Singapore-headquartered exchange will begin scaling up operations with the appointment of a new COO and CFO. Zipmex has appointed Uber’s former APAC head of central operations, Scot Cheung, as chief operating officer (COO) and venture capitalist and finance veteran Nicolas Keravec as chief financial officer (CFO), the digital assets exchange announced in a statement on Thursday. Cheung brings more […]

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Retail Asia30/09/2021

The platform will provide debt financing for projects in Asia, with an initial focus on Southeast Asia, as part of efforts to reduce climate change. Temasek will be working with HSBC to catalyze financing of marginally bankable sustainable infrastructure projects, so as to address the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change, according to an announcement […]

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Retail Asia16/09/2021

The regional partnership will support thousands of merchants across Southeast Asia, as competition in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) space heats up. Global payments platform 2C2P is partnering Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) brand Atome, which will allow its network of online and offline merchants across the region to offer BNPL as an alternative […]

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Retail Asia03/09/2021

UBS is taking a stake in an artificial intelligence platform that matches institutional clients with investment experts. UBS has invested $5 million in Lynk in its latest funding round, taking the technology company’s total funding to $35 million, Lynk said in a press release Wednesday. Lynk says it has a network of more than 840,000 […]

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Retail Asia23/08/2021

Xiaomi-backed Tiger Brokers is expanding its reach into the institutional segment with the launch of a business-to-business (B2B) platform. Tiger Brokers is partnering Singapore-based financial advisory firm PFPFA as it launches a B2B platform for institutional partners, the company announced on Friday. Under the partnership, PFPFA clients will have direct access to Tiger’s online brokerage and platform, which […]

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Retail Asia15/07/2021

Product discovery and sourcing platform RangeMe has fully launched its global service to retailers in Australia, New Zealand, and the wider APAC region, allowing businesses to access 200,000 international suppliers. A number of businesses are already using the service, such as Blooms the Chemist, Good Price Pharmacy Warehouse, Pet Circle and Pet Culture, and are […]

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Retail Asia01/07/2021

Yet another fraudulent foreign exchange trading platform that cheated people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been exposed in HCMC. Nga, a resident of HCMC’s District 7 spends most of her time these days reading updates about FXTradingMarkets in a Facebook group with 4,200 members. On June 25, the group received a screenshot […]

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Retail Asia17/06/2021

The bank has priced S$600 million of perpetual capital securities at a fixed coupon rate of 2.55 percent – the lowest for benchmark perpetual securities for banks in Singapore. UOB is piloting the digital issuance of its latest bond offering on exchange-operated digital asset issuance platform Marketnode, the bank said in an announcement on Wednesday. The non-call […]

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Retail Asia06/05/2021

As game developer Epic continues its legal battle against Apple, some emails, documents and other internal communications have appeared in the courtroom. Among this treasure trove is evidence that demonstrates how Apple tried to convince video streamer Netflix to continue using Apple’s App Store In-App Payment (IAP) system. As many of you know, Apple takes a […]

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Retail Asia03/05/2021

Pharmacy Online Concierge Pharma has secured $4.5 million in an equity financing round to digitize pharmacies in Vietnam. Based in Vietnam and Hong Kong, the platform helps stakeholders such as pharmacies, drug manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and consumers to digitally manage their interactions. It raised the money from Picus Capital of Germany, Goat Capital and FJ […]

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Retail Asia09/04/2021

Finder, a global comparison platform founded in 2006 in Sydney, Australia, has acquired the GoBear brand as it accelerates its global expansion. Finder aims to grow its presence as a key financial comparison platform in Southeast Asia with the acquisition of the GoBear brand, it said in an announcement on Thursday. Singapore-based GoBear, which was founded […]

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Retail Asia25/03/2021

Indian bike taxi platform Rapido, has joined hands with Zypp Electric to provide electric bike taxi service to its customers. Called Rapido EV, the new electric bike taxi is intended to reduce carbon footprint and encourage customers to use environment-friendly two-wheelers. More than 100 riders and electric two-wheelers will be onboarded on to the Rapido […]

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Retail Asia10/02/2021

The XinTru joint venture with corporate bond trading platform provider Trumid and private equity firm Hillhouse Capital, will launch a new electronic bond trading platform later this year. This partnership combines Trumid’s cutting-edge technology and fixed income expertise, SGX’s deep experience in Asian financial market infrastructure and electronic trading, and Hillhouse’s expertise and network in […]

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Retail Asia07/01/2021

The startup said the global pandemic has created a challenging operating environment, and it is unable to raise additional funds from existing or new investors. Singapore-based financial comparison and data platform GoBear has announced that it will begin a formal process to shut down operations, after a prolonged period of weakened demand for some financial […]

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