Category: APAC

Firmus, Meta announce strategic AI infrastructure agreements for Asia-Pacific

2 hours ago

Bernard Parado

Sydney, Australia – Meta has signed strategic AI infrastructure agreements with Firmus for GPU compute capacity at the Australian company’s AI factories across Asia-Pacific, the two companies announced today. The facilities are built on NVIDIA‘s full-stack DSX platform, according to Firmus...

Google names Nitin Gajria as Managing Director for Southeast Asia and South Asia frontier markets

2 days ago

Bernard Parado

Singapore – Google has appointed Nitin Gajria as Managing Director for Southeast Asia and South Asia Frontier Markets at Google Asia Pacific, the company announced today. In the role, Gajria will lead Google’s commercial strategy to help the region scale digitalisation and accelerate AI-led growth. The...

Microsoft declares Hyderabad datacenter a strategic AI hub for Asia and global South

Microsoft declares Hyderabad datacentre a strategic AI hub for Asia and global South

5 days ago

Bernard Parado

New Delhi, India – Microsoft has upgraded its Indian cloud infrastructure to support advanced AI workloads and named its newest datacentre region in Hyderabad, India South Central, as a strategic hub for Asia and the Global South. According to Puneet Chandok, President of Microsoft India and...

HSBC, Conferma extend B2B virtual card collaboration to Asia Pacific

6 days ago

Bernard Parado

Singapore – HSBC expands partnership with Conferma to expand virtual card payments across Asia Pacific, embedding automated, API-driven capabilities directly into procurement, travel, and supplier workflows. The expanded collaboration, according to the two companies, allows businesses to embed virtual...

AsiaPay pilots AI-powered voice payment feature for merchants in Asia

6 days ago

Bernard Parado

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,...

Most APAC bank executives lack confidence in pre-payment scam detection, survey finds

1 week ago

Bernard Parado

Singapore – More than half of banking leaders across Asia Pacific lack confidence in their institutions’ ability to detect when customers are being manipulated into making a payment, according to a new report by FICO. The poll was conducted in August 2026 during FICO’s Banking Leaders Forum...

APAC consumers quitting AI customer service over lack of memory, new report finds

1 week ago

Bernard Parado

Singapore – Seven in 10 consumers across Asia Pacific have abandoned an AI-powered customer service interaction after the system failed to recognise them or their previous history with a brand, according to new data from Twilio (NYSE: TWLO). Of those affected, 5% went further and ended their relationship...

APAC led the world into the agentic era—now measurement has to keep up

1 week ago

Bernard Parado

For years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been sold to marketers as a productivity tool. Across Asia-Pacific (APAC), however, that description is already proving too narrow. Consumer behavior has never been more dynamic. Customer expectations shift in real time, campaigns run continuously across channels,...

Zendesk appoints David Hall-Johnston as Chief Technology Officer to lead APJ AI strategy

1 week ago

Bernard Parado

Singapore – Zendesk has appointed David Hall-Johnston as Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan, a move that comes as enterprises across the region shift from experimenting with artificial intelligence to embedding it within business-critical service operations. Based in Melbourne, Hall-Johnston...

Cybersecurity gap widens as Asia Pacific SMEs embrace AI and digital payments, report finds

2 weeks ago

Bernard Parado

Singapore – Asia Pacific small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and digital payment tools, but a significant gap in cybersecurity protection is emerging alongside this shift. This is according to Mastercard’s latest report, based on a 2026 survey...

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