Smiles Mobile Remittance Revolutionizes Bill Payment for Filipinos in Singapore
Digital Wallet Singapore Pte. Ltd. has announced that its mobile money transfer app, Smiles Mobile Remittance, now offers a Bills Payment feature for Filipinos living in Singapore. This feature allows users to conveniently pay bills in the Philippines using only their smartphone, saving time and money compared to visiting a physical payment location. Customers can pay off or contribute to government loans, insurances, electricity and...
Lalamove Expands into Latin America
Lalamove, a Hong Kong-based technology company that provides delivery services, plans to expand its delivery network coverage in Latin American and Asian markets, including Malaysia, this year. The company aims to grow together with SMEs in Malaysia by providing them with instant and agile logistics options. Lalamove has established programs globally to support SMEs in the markets it has penetrated. The company covers four major...
WhatsApp Introduces Multi-Device Support
Allowing users to link their WhatsApp account on multiple phones will make messaging much more convenient, especially for those who use multiple devices frequently. It’s great to hear that this feature will maintain the same level of privacy and security, ensuring that personal messages, media, and calls are still end-to-end encrypted. It’s also a useful feature for small business owners, who can now allow their employees...
Web Threats Against Southeast Asian Companies Surge by 45% in 2022
According to a recent report by global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, web-based threats against companies in Southeast Asia (SEA) surged by 45% in 2022. The report shows that Singapore experienced the highest year-on-year (YOY) increase in web threats targeting businesses, with a three-fold spike (329%). Other SEA countries, including Malaysia (197%), Thailand (63%), Indonesia (46%), and the Philippines (29%), also recorded an uptick...
Getting Ready for Developing Secure Electric Vehicles
With a global shift towards renewable energy, the automotive industry is also adapting and making a move towards EVs (electric vehicles). EVs typically offer lower operating costs, reduced emissions, quieter operation and smoother driving experience. EVs and autonomous vehicles in Asia is one of the fastest growing markets and most of the Southeast Asian countries have already pledged to ramp up their EV push and achieve net-zero...
Keep Your Conversations Safe with WhatsApp’s New “Keep in Chat” Feature
WhatsApp has introduced a new feature called “Keep in Chat” which allows users to retain important messages for future reference, without compromising their privacy. With this feature, users can keep specific texts in their chats while others disappear as per the disappearing messages setting. The sender will be notified when someone decides to keep a message, and they will have the power to veto the decision if they wish to do so....
Foodpanda Launches Halal-Certified Delivery Service
Delivery Hero’s subsidiary, foodpanda, has launched bekal, a halal-certified delivery service in Malaysia that guarantees end-to-end halal food deliveries to customers. The service will only offer food from halal-certified vendors on the foodpanda platform and will use a halal-certified delivery fleet with specialized riders. The bekal service will be initially available in the city of Putrajaya, with a planned expansion into...
Now Can Use Alipay+ to Pay for iQIYI’s Subscription
iQIYI, a leading international streaming platform, is accelerating its expansion through Alipay+, a suite of cross-border digital payment, marketing, and merchant digitalization solutions. Alipay+ is helping iQIYI reach young middle-class consumers looking for quality online video content. iQIYI is utilizing Alipay+ marketing solutions, such as Alipay+ Rewards and cashier-based marketing service, to reach potential consumers and...
MAS Launches Net Zero Action Plan
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Heng Swee Keat, and Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Lawrence Wong, today announced the launch of MAS’ Finance for Net Zero (FiNZ) Action Plan. The plan expands on MAS’ Green Finance Action Plan launched in 2019 and sets out MAS’ strategies to mobilize financing for Asia’s net zero transition and decarbonization activities in Singapore...
Tranglo to Promote Faster and Cheaper Remittance Services in Nepal
Tranglo, a cross-border payments solution provider, has successfully sponsored the 3rd Inficare Futsal Tournament in Nepal. The tournament, organized by Inficare Pvt Ltd, aimed to raise awareness about faster and cheaper remittance services to the country. Remittance is a major contributor to Nepal’s GDP, with 23% of it coming from remittances. Tranglo CEO Jacky Lee and SVP of GCC & South Asia Sohail Ahmad attended the...
