Scenes from inside a 5G enterprise sandbox

For most people, 5G is typically pitched as a consumer product – specifically, as a glorified 4G upgrade. But the real value of 5G could be...

Singapore is top mobile payment market among Chinese tourists

The Southeast Asia region maintains its leadership in mobile payment usage among Chinese tourists, with Singapore and Thailand positioned at No. 1 and No....

Five elements of responsible leadership in the 2020s

The World Economic Forum, working with Accenture, has identified five elements at the heart of a new model of responsible leadership for an era...

Customer loyalty is fleeting as expectations are at an all-time high

Half of customers worldwide will switch to a competitor after just one bad experience, and 80% will leave after multiple bad experiences, according to...

Tonik picks Finastra to power pioneering digital bank in SE Asia

Tonik, the first licensed digital-only bank in Southeast Asia, has selected Fusion Essence in the cloud to power its end-to-end core banking capabilities. The move...

5G in SE Asia: consumers excited for speed, marketers for innovation

More than half (53%) of Southeast Asian consumers and marketers are “extremely excited” about 5G technology and 92% have heard about it, according to...

Standard Chartered launches public portal for real-time tracking of cross-border payments

Standard Chartered announced in January 2020 the launch of SC GPI Track, a publicly accessible portal that offers the ability to trace all cross-border...

Smart retail rising in APAC

Retail firms that have adopted artificial are already seeing improvements of 16%-19% in customer engagement, business intelligence, profit margins, competitiveness and innovation, according to...

Oz justice agency picks Infor for a more efficient workforce

Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) in Australia has chosen Infor CloudSuite Workforce Management to future-proof aspects of its scheduled staff rostering needs through a competitive market process. Infor's...

SK Telecom, Bridge Alliance rev up 5G, mobile edge computing

SK Telecom has launched the Global MEC Task Force with Bridge Alliance member operators — including Singtel, Globe, Taiwan Mobile and PCCW Global —...