Author: Bernard Parado

Sea Limited taps NVIDIA Vera Rubin to scale AI across Southeast Asia
Sea Limited taps NVIDIA Vera Rubin to scale AI across Southeast Asia
Singapore – Sea Limited has adopted the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform, according to the Singapore-founded technology group. The move is aimed at strengthening Sea’s artificial intelligence capabilities as it looks to serve consumers and small businesses across Southeast Asia. Sea’s businesses,...
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Wise launches QR-ready travel card and account in Thailand
Wise launches QR-ready travel card and account in Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand – Wise has officially launched the Wise Account and Wise Card in Thailand, giving local travellers, expats and digital nomads a way to hold, convert and spend across more than 40 currencies in 160 countries. The rollout arrives ahead of Thailand’s peak travel season and follows...
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Adyen expands uplift suite with authentication upgrade built on trillions of transactions
Adyen expands uplift suite with authentication upgrade built on trillions of transactions 
Hong Kong – Adyen has rolled out a major upgrade to Authenticate, a module within its Adyen Uplift payment optimisation suite, with the fintech platform saying the update can deliver double-digit conversion gains for global merchants. According to Adyen, Authenticate now routes every transaction to...
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AsiaPay pilots AI-powered voice payment feature for merchants in Asia
AsiaPay pilots AI-powered voice payment feature for merchants in Asia
Hong Kong – AsiaPay has launched a pilot of Voice Pay, an AI-powered voice payment feature that allows shoppers to complete purchases by speaking instructions into their mobile device. The digital payment provider says the tool lets customers confirm transactions using their preferred payment method,...
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People before platforms here's why brands need to prepare for AI agents before customers do
People before platforms: here's why brands need to prepare for AI agents before customers do
Manila, Philippines – As brands race to bolt AI capabilities onto their marketing stacks, a more disruptive shift is quietly taking shape at the other end of the transaction: customers may soon delegate their shopping, bookings, and brand interactions to AI agents acting entirely on their behalf. This...
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Netskope Threat Labs Retail Report 2026 Sensitive data dominates AI policy violations in retail
Regulated data drives more than half of AI policy violations in retail, research finds
Singapore – Regulated data, including personal, financial and payment information, accounts for 56% of AI-related data policy violations observed across the global retail sector, according to new research from Netskope. Source code makes up a further 20% of violations, while passwords and API keys...
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Tech giants form alliance to tackle AI agent security gap
Tech giants form alliance to tackle AI agent security gap
Singapore – A cross-industry coalition of technology vendors has formed the Blueprint Alliance, a new initiative aimed at helping enterprises secure and govern the AI agents operating across their systems. The group brings together identity, AI, data, applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity and strategic...
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VAST Data Unveils Confidential AI Runtime to Secure Enterprise Data
VAST Data unveils confidential AI runtime to secure enterprise data
Singapore – VAST Data has launched VAST DataEnclave, a confidential AI runtime that allows leading AI models to run directly against sensitive enterprise data without exposing either the data or the models’ underlying intellectual property, the company announced on 23 September 2026. Built on...
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Al-Futtaim partners with Juspay for payment orchestration across 50 brands
Al-Futtaim partners with Juspay for payment orchestration across 50 brand
Singapore – Al-Futtaim has entered a strategic partnership with global payments technology company Juspay to serve as its payment orchestration partner across its brands and markets. The rollout is set to begin in September 2026, with the first brand scheduled to go live that same month. The move forms...
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DBS Hong Kong deepens fintech tie-up with UnionPay, adds travel perks to debit card
DBS Hong Kong deepens fintech tie-up with UnionPay, adds travel perks to debit card
Hong Kong – DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited has introduced a multi-currency debit card built on UnionPay‘s payment infrastructure, enabling cardholders to transact seamlessly across Mainland China, Taiwan and Macau without the friction typically associated with cross-border payments. The DBS UnionPay...
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