Digital Asia

Alibaba announced that its platform will prohibit sales of crypto miners and cryptocurrency-related services from its website on Oct. 8.

Consumers in Singapore and Malaysia will be able to make real-time cross-border fund transfers using their mobile phones by 2022.

Esports Integrated (ESI) has announced Malaysia’s first eSports tournament for people with disabilities – Para Malaysia Esports League 2021.

The House approved House Bill 7425, or an Act Establishing Digital Taxation in the Philippines by imposing 12% VAT on digital transactions.

Intel Malaysia is moving another RM2 million into helping Malaysia weathering the storm of COVID-19. Adding up to a total of RM5.2million contributed.

CIMB Bank now supports Google Pay contactless payment by credit cards that are issued by CIMB Bank Singapore. It is not available to all credit cards either.

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi patent ‘Method and Equipment for Realizing Seismic (earthquake) Monitoring of Mobile Tech Devices’ .

Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) inviting public feedback on development of National Mobile Application or Super app.

Covid-19 pandemic turned out to be a boon for e-commerce in Southeast Asia. Indonesia online grocery market expand from 0.3% to 0.5% in 2022.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Malaysia’s central bank, issued its Licensing Framework for Digital Banks last year to kickstart digital banking in Malaysia.