Mobile payment firms struggle to dethrone cash in Southeast Asia

And the mobile payment marketplace in Southeast Asia remains wide open, with no dominant players. Indonesia’s ride-hailing firm Go-Jek’s Go-Pay, Singapore-based Grab’s GrabPay, Japan’s messaging app Line’s Line Pay, Momo e-wallet owner M_Service ... ( read original story ...)

Smart technology key to zero waste economy: Masagos

Smart technology will be the key to achieving Singapore's goal of becoming a "zero waste" society by 2030, and create new jobs in the process, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, said yesterday. In his first Facebook Live ... ( read original story ...)

Why Singapore for the Trump-Kim summit?

It has one foot in the East and one in the West, is ultra-modern, secure and sometimes mocked as being a little dull — Singapore was the safe pick for a historic first meeting between the unpredictable leaders of the US and North Korea. US President ... ( read original story ...)

Alibaba out to dominate mobile pay in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK/SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI -- The Southeast Asian market for mobile payment services is undergoing an upheaval, with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding at the center of the tumult. The group is backing Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand's ... ( read original story ...)

Martial arts goes mobile, teams up with Grab

Singapore - ONE Championship, a martial arts promotion, announced a partnership with Grab Singapore, as well as the launch of its new ONE Championship mobile app in Singapore on Monday. The mobile app, available for download on both Android and iOS ... ( read original story ...)

Mobile weakness bears down on Singtel earnings

Singapore-based mobile operator Singtel recorded continued weakness in its fiscal Q4 ending 31 March, with profit dropping sharply and revenue flat as its operations in India, Indonesia and its home market experienced declines. The operator, the largest in ... ( read original story ...)

Facial recognition to be used at Singapore airport

Singapore's Changi airport is testing a facial recognition ... Changi airport is looking at how it can implement the facial recognition technology in its three other terminals at bag drop and immigration as well as potentially in terminal five which ... ( read original story ...)