As the pandemic continues to grip Southeast Asia, more workers are expected to set up remote office environments, if not continue to work virtually. This keeps people safer physically, but can also leave their employers more vulnerable. The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky detected and blocked 382,578 mobile attacks against users in Southeast Asia during the first […]
Read MoreAsean e-commerce will evolve from infancy to a more mature stage with premium products, innovation, creativity and new customer experiences, says Lazada, a major regional firm in the sector. Online shopping in Asean is forecast to reach US$172 billion by 2025, about 2.8 times the 2020 volume, the firm said. “In the pandemic, resilience and […]
Read MoreHONG KONG (REUTERS) – Central banks in Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and South Africa will conduct a cross border payments trial using different central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to assess if this allows transactions to be settled more cheaply and easily, the banks said on Thursday (Sept 2). Many governments and central banks around the world are […]
Read MoreCharoen Pokphand (CP) Group, the country’s biggest agribusiness conglomerate, has vowed to rapidly expand the number of its retail and wholesale stores in the region, including cash-and-carry stores operated by its SET-listed subsidiary Siam Makro Plc, as well as other formats within the CP Group. “Retailing is a global opportunity for Thailand and a sector […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 ― The Asean manufacturing sector remained in a downturn for the third straight month in August 2021, with the headline Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) easing to 44.5 from 44.6 in July 2021, as rising Covid-19 cases and lockdown measures continued to impact the sector. In a statement today, IHS Markit said […]
Read MoreThe Southeast Asia region, led by Indonesia, added 70 million new online shoppers since the start of the pandemic, according to an annual report by Facebook Inc and Bain & Co. Surveying more than 16,000 people across Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, the researchers found a rapid pace of digital adoption during […]
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