Thailand stories
The tie-up should help Centara reduce checkout drop-off as international guests in Thailand get local currency pricing and more payment options.
The service is aimed at easing payment delays and foreign exchange costs for exporters trading with ASEAN buyers, as regional commerce expands.
The free site helped commuters check flooded routes during Bangkok's disaster zone conditions, logging more than 13,000 uses in its first day.
Rising data centre demand is pushing Legrand to expand in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam as Singapore shifts towards retrofits.
Traffic can be funnelled to illegal gambling sites through hacked college pages, undermining ad checks that stop at the first click.
Near-instant screening could speed payouts for DeeMoney customers sending and receiving funds across Thailand's remittance network.
Thai travellers and expatriates can now hold and spend in more than 40 currencies as Wise widens its services beyond transfers.
Vietnam could gain a 300MW AI and cloud campus by 2030 if a feasibility study backs the Ho Chi Minh City project.
More than 1,000 disadvantaged girls in Thailand will gain free access to university prep tools as the school cuts teacher workload.
Local payment options and currency are now a make-or-break factor for online sales in seven emerging markets, dLocal's survey found.
Consumer lending across Southeast Asia will expand for Grab, which is funding a controlling stake in Atome Financial entirely from existing cash.
Travellers can now buy mobile data and scan local payment codes in Wise's app, as the firm expands its push into trip spending.
The Australian distributor will add about 60 staff and a foothold in Thailand and Malaysia after agreeing to buy Sektor Group for NZD $138 million.
Stablecoins are edging towards mainstream payments in Asia Pacific, with 46% of consumers saying they may use them within five years, Visa found.
Wider use of AI agents is lifting developer productivity in Southeast Asia, but most teams still require human checks before production.
The shift towards AI-ready liquid cooling is prompting Castrol to target new-build data centres and costly retrofits across Asia Pacific.
Engineering teams in ASEAN are losing 47% of their capacity to disruptions as AI observability adoption outpaces global peers.
Merchants across 12 Asian markets can now use a single interface to cut checkout friction and fraud exposure on card payments.
Higher transparency is drawing more capital into commercial property, with highly transparent markets attracting USD $1.4 trillion over two years.
Background AI tasks could drive a new wave of mobile traffic, with Ericsson saying two-thirds of users may tap AI daily by 2030.