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Singtel, the largest telco in Singapore, has launched VIA, a cross-border mobile payment system, in partnership with AIS and Kaikornbank, Thailand’s largest digital bank. Consumers in Thailand and Singapore currently have a number of mobile payment systems to choose from, but no way to transfer across borders. VIA combines three of these – mobile wallets… Read More

Keppel Group and the Salim Group have revealed plans to operate a high-availability data centre in Bogor. The data centre will be overseen by both companies through the Alpha Data Centre Fund (Alpha DC Fund) and will be managed by Alpha Investment Partners Limited and Keppel Data Centres Holding Pte Ltd. Wong Wai Meng, CEO… Read More

Facebook has announced a new data centre to be built in Singapore. The facility, estimated to cost $1 billion USD, will be the company’s first in Asia. The new data centre will be located in western Singapore and is expected to open in 2022. It will comprise 170,000 square meters, over 11 stories, and will… Read More

In a continued push to capture a portion of the Chinese market, Google has established a Waymo subsidiary in Shanghai’s free trade zone. According to a business registration filing, Waymo created a wholly-owned company called Huimo Business Consulting this past May. The filing was made public on the China National Enterprise Information Publicity System. The… Read More

Cognizant, the New Jersey-based digital transformation consulting firm, has agreed to acquire SaaSfocus to expand its Salesforce consulting capabilities. While financial details were not disclosed, the company expects the transaction to close before the end of 2018. Cognizant is a Salesforce Global Strategic Partner, maintaining Salesforce certification on many of its consultants for completing complex… Read More