apac commerce
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Agentic AI Search Grows 200% in Shopping Journeys
Shoppers are increasingly starting their purchase journey with a question to an AI rather than a search bar, according to Salesforce‘s Fourth Edition State of Commerce report. Use of agentic search as the first step in the shopping journey grew… Continue reading
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Jumio: Lessons From World Cup Identity Check Surges
Jumio processed tens of millions of identity checks for gaming operators during the World Cup, offering lessons for markets like Singapore where major events regularly strain online verification systems. Continue reading
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Ciena: SEA Network Demand to Outpace Global Growth
Ciena says Southeast Asia’s high-capacity network market will grow faster than the global average through 2030, driven by AI data centre investment that could exceed US$1 trillion once neoscaler spending is included. Continue reading
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Mastercard Names Six Senior APAC Leaders
Mastercard has named six senior leaders across Asia Pacific, including a new two-division structure for Southeast Asia, as it expands its AI-enabled commerce and payments business in the region. Continue reading
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Tencent Cloud Powers tapmad’s World Cup Streaming
Tencent Cloud supported over 7 million concurrent viewers with 99 percent uptime for tapmad during a major football tournament, underscoring the infrastructure demands of live sports streaming in Asia. Continue reading
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Temus Buys Thinking Machines to Scale AI in SEA
Temus, the Temasek-backed Singapore AI firm, has taken a strategic stake in Manila’s Thinking Machines Data Science, OpenAI’s first APAC Services Partner, to scale enterprise AI deployment across Southeast Asia. Continue reading
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Vertiv Rallies 300 Asia Partners for the AI Era
Vertiv brought over 300 channel and distribution partners to its 10th annual Asia Partner Summit in Johor, focused on AI-ready data centre infrastructure and liquid cooling. Continue reading
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OCBC’s Agentic AI Cuts Wealth Onboarding to 15 Days
OCBC’s new agentic AI platform HELIOS lets Bank of Singapore open private banking accounts in 15 business days, half the industry median, while surfacing high-quality leads to relationship managers. Continue reading
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Aolani, Rafay Deploy Early NVIDIA DSX OS in Singapore
Singapore-founded neocloud Aolani has partnered with Rafay Systems to deploy one of the industry’s first NVIDIA DSX OS implementations on GB200 NVL72 infrastructure. Continue reading
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Mastercard Expands Virtual Card Security and API Access
Mastercard has expanded its In Control virtual card platform with new issuer and clearing controls and a single-API front door, with Citi first to deploy the capabilities globally. Continue reading
