Issue of illegal cyber gambling needs attention
The issue of illegal cyber gambling which can cause family problems was raised by the Sibu Municipal Council to seek cooperation from the police to resolve it, the Borneo Post reported. According to Datuk Tong Thai King Tiong, the chairman of Sibu Municipal Council said this topic was brought to the Parliament but did not receive any reply from the minister concerned. by Alice...
Decillion Group teams up with Fundtech to form the largest SWIFT service bureau platform
Singapore-based SWIFT service bureau operator, Decillion Group signed a strategic partnership with Fundtech, a market leader in global transaction banking solutions two days ago. This partnership enables the US-based Fundtech to extend its physical presence in the Asia-Pacific region with local support and service, adding to its existing SWIFT service bureau of 600 financial institutions and 75 corporations in North America, the...
Convenience drives online shopping among Malaysians
The recent survey conducted by Visa shows Malaysia was undergoing a debit card revolution as a 50 per cent increase year-on-year in debit card spending in the country for the past four years and this has recorded Malaysia as the country with highest usage of debit card in South-East Asia region. 22.9 million transactions worth RM5.5 billion were made using debit card between January and August this year, revealed by Bank Negara...
25% of Asia Pacific travel market expected done through online booking
The leading transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, Amadeus will organize e-commerce seminar across the Asia-Pacific region, starting from Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and then Taiwan within this year. The objective of the seminar is to provide travel agencies with new models can evolve their businesses by leveraging e-commerce and assist them in having a stronger presence online through Amadeus...
QOO10 records US$15 million in mobile sales
The leading online marketplace in Asia, QOO10 reported hit US$15 million (RM45.9 million) in mobile sales across the region by mid-October after one year launch of its mobile app. About 37 per cent of the mobile sales were contributed by Singapore market and Singapore has become QOO10’s fastest-growing market, but Japan still the largest market for QOO10, with daily transaction averaging 30,000. The company currently operates...
More ICT partnership to be formed between Malaysia and Korea
The Korea Association for ICT Promotion (KAIT) in collaboration with the National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) and National ICT agency Multimedai Development Corporation (MDeC) will organize Korea-Malaysia ICT Partnership Program from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on 1 November 2012 at InterContinental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. This program is managed by EJ Resources Sdn Bhd, aiming to create a strategic Business to Business (B2B) platform...
Asia’s first B2B travel platform launched
Singapore-based Asiatravel.co Holdings launched its B2B online wholesale travel platform, TACentre.com to aim Philippines and Hong Kong market at the beginning stage. This Asia’s first online travel wholesale platform offers instant confirmation and speedy booking process compared with other platform which allows users to view the content online but still need wait for confirmation from the travel consultant. With TAcentre.com,...
AIMS expands through new data centre CJ1
CJ1, the fourth data centre by AIMS Group is now operated in Cyberjaya starting from this month and it was built to accommodate AIMS’s increasing number of regional and global customer base. This 34,000 sq ft data centre able to enhance AIMS Group’s capacity by 92 per cent and it will provide a combination of an extremely secure, top-class redundancy and supreme connectivity ecosystem for its customers to host their business...
E-commerce training program for Vietnamese enterprises
A training program titled ‘Enhancing Competitiveness, Application, Management of E-commerce and online marketing activities in SMEs’ is co-organized by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications in Hanoi. This initiative is part of the framework of the Ministry of Information and Communications’ Vietnam – South Korea Information Technology Cooperation project, to...
The ‘Secret’ behind the Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Search Engines Listing is always a big topic among all the marketers. Put it in as a simple context, you know your access databases where you store your client list? It’s just like one of them, but it covering billions of pages of Web Listing, all Search Engines need to do….just to get them out when someone is looking for them. The Search Engines is actually asking you or your prospects what you are looking for. Your...