Southeast Asia stories - Page 10

Airwallex snaps up Indonesian fintech PT Skye Sab Indonesia to secure a key payments licence and accelerate its Asia-Pacific expansion.

Razorpay launches smart checkout discounts in Singapore to nudge shoppers to cheaper payment methods and cut cart abandonment rates.

8x8 buys Singapore-based Maven Lab to scale APAC CPaaS, folding Moobidesk into its CX platform for richer, multi-channel messaging.

SHAREit launches AI-powered ad platform to tap emerging-market growth, handling 180 billion daily requests and 150 million impressions.

CelcomDigi and Vircle launch SafePAY Jr, a prepaid card and e-wallet with parental controls to teach kids cashless, safer spending.

Sirisoft and Red Hat urge Thai enterprises to treat automation as core AI-ready IT infrastructure, redefining ROI beyond simple cost cuts.

FedEx says its Asia Pacific operations delivered USD $5.7 billion in economic impact in 2025 as it ramps up routes, tech and green investments.

Hitachi Vantara has named veteran executive Wendy Koh vice president of sales for Asia Pacific to drive AI data and hybrid cloud growth.

10x Banking and Singapore's audax have teamed up to help banks launch full digital services in six months while phasing out legacy cores.

Salesforce appoints Paul Carvouni to spearhead ASEAN AI growth from Singapore as region targets trillion-dollar agentic enterprise boom.

Infinix enlists Italian studio Pininfarina to craft its NOTE 60 Ultra, kicking off a new design-led flagship smartphone series.

AI-driven hackers are tipped to ramp up attacks on critical infrastructure and governments by 2026, exploiting ageing industrial systems.

HPE cements supercomputing lead as its exascale systems take the top three TOP500 spots and half of the Green500's 20 most efficient.

PvX is betting on data-rich user acquisition, offering mobile game studios revenue-linked funding and analytics that banks still overlook.

Netskope opens first Malaysia data centre and deepens Indonesia presence as demand for cloud-based SASE security surges across Southeast Asia.

RETN extends its BBIX partnership to Hong Kong and Singapore, adding new Asian peering hubs and launching its Flex IX service in the region.

AppWorks Demo Day in Kuala Lumpur links eight Malaysian and Singapore startups chasing cross-border growth across ASEAN's tech economy.

World rolls out an updated World App in Malaysia, merging encrypted chat with proof-of-humanness checks to tackle bots and deepfakes online.

APAC enterprises plan big 2026 AI spend, pivoting from chatbots to sovereign RAG and hyperscale platforms to meet strict data rules.

Out-of-home ads are set to shift from media-plan afterthought to data-fuelled, programmatic powerhouse at the heart of 2026 marketing.