SCBX, a major Thai financial holding company, has strengthened its partnership with KakaoBank and WeBank Technology Services as the three companies advance plans to establish a virtual bank in Thailand. The partners have formalized a tri-party collaboration to...
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has announced a historic allocation of USD 3.8 billion from the 2026 state budget to boost national innovation, science and technology, and digital transformation. The announcement was made at the fifth meeting of the Government’s...
OpenSys Technologies, a subsidiary of OpenSys (M) Bhd, has officially introduced PalmWav, a pioneering biometrics prototype that marks Malaysia’s first foray into palm-recognition payment technology. Launched on December 1, 2025, the system allows for entirely...
ePLDT, the ICT arm of PLDT, has partnered with Singapore-based Straits Interactive to help Philippine organizations adopt generative AI more easily and securely. The collaboration introduces a no-code GenAI solution that enables enterprises to deploy AI applications...
Microsoft has announced a significant expansion of its AI infrastructure and cloud services in Indonesia, building on the launch of its first Indonesia Central cloud region earlier in 2025. The company revealed that new cloud and AI services are now available locally...
Global investment firm KKR and Singapore Telecommunications are reported to be in advanced negotiations to acquire more than 80% of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), potentially securing full ownership of one of Asia’s largest data centre operators in a deal...
TOPS, the food business under Central Retail, has launched a new AI chatbot developed in collaboration with Google Cloud. The system, based on Google Cloud’s Conversational Agents technology, allows customers to check product availability at their nearest TOPS store...
The Bank of England, the Bank of Thailand, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore are collaborating to examine the technical and policy implications of settling foreign exchange transactions using synchronized mechanisms across borders. The initiative will test...
Thailand has taken steps to establish a connected national health system through a new law enabling nationwide health data sharing and the adoption of AI and telemedicine. The Ministry of Public Health convened a special committee on the national digital health...
The Thailand Board of Investment has approved four data center projects with a combined value of approximately 3.1 billion USD. The projects include a 12-megawatt facility by Telehouse Thailand, a subsidiary of Japan’s KDDI Corporation, valued at 235 million USD; an...
Converge ICT Solutions has announced that the 20,000-kilometer Bifrost Cable System is now ready to carry data traffic to and from the Philippines, marking the country’s first direct transpacific subsea connection to the United States. The multi-billion-peso...
Singtel, Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have launched the Cyber Protect Programme, a national initiative to strengthen cybersecurity for Singapore’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The programme...
