Philippines’ digital economy hits 2.5% of GDP: ADB
The Philippines trails Asia’s digital economy leaders, said ADB, while WSFS reports growing digital wallet adoption and debit-first…
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TSMC and Tencent break into the top 100 of the Fortune Global 500 list, as Asia rides the AI boom
[[{„value”:” The Fortune Global 500 has long been a scoreboard of corporate scale, reflecting the rise and fall…
U.N. reports Southeast Asia’s criminal networks are using tech to build a global illicit economy
[[{„value”:” Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit…
Markets may have just experienced their second DeepSeek shock, this time thanks to a Chinese AI lab named after a Pink Floyd album
[[{„value”:” On Thursday, Moonshot AI, a Beijing-based AI startup, unveiled the latest version of its Kimi large language…
Klook cofounder Ethan Lin thinks the U.S. can help grow one of Asia’s largest travel platforms
[[{„value”:” The inspiration for Klook, one of Asia’s largest travel platforms, came after Ethan Lin took a trip…
Asia’s founders are decamping to the U.S. as the region suffers a protracted venture funding slump
[[{„value”:” Yoevan Khemlani had already begun building his AI company in Singapore when he realized that all his…
China’s birth rate just hit its lowest point since 1949—and Trip.com cofounder James Liang thinks that’s a threat to innovation
[[{„value”:” Trip.com cofounder James Liang has a blunt warning for aging economies: Without more children, their ability to…
OCBC rolls out its ‘avatar banking’ platform with ‘Wendy’ and ‘Wayne,’ two virtual financial advisors, as banks integrate AI into wealth management
[[{„value”:” Singapore’s OCBC Bank unveiled an AI-enabled ‘avatar banking’ app, allowing clients round-the-clock access to virtual relationship managers.…
Gojek founder Makarim found guilty in Indonesia Chromebooks case
[[{„value”:” Former Indonesian Education Minister and Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim was found guilty of corruption over a pandemic-era…
Singapore grads battle low-paid trainee stigma to get hired
[[{„value”:” As the class of 2026 join the race to find jobs, unemployed college graduates in Singapore are…