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Singapore e-wallet NetsPay in talks with WeChat Pay for cross-border payments

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17-Oct-18 Singapore e-payments provider Nets is in talks with WeChat Pay to allow its users to make mobile payments in China. The partnership would allow NetsPay users to scan QR codes in China and settle purchases in Singapore dollars. [image: South China Morning Post]

Hong Kong's outlook for the clothing market optimistic

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16-Oct-18 Clothing and fashion industry professionals are optimistic about sales over the next year, according to a Hong Kong Trade Development Council survey. Over 60% of sellers see China, ASEAN, Japan and Taiwan having the greatest potential. [image: HKTDC Survey]

Alibaba’s Jack Ma tech institute in Indonesia

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15-Oct-18 Jack Ma of Alibaba plans to open an institute to train tech entrepreneurs in Indonesia. The aim is to train 10,000 over the next 10 years. The institute will also train hundreds of developers and engineers on cloud computing. [image: Shutterstock]

Singtel and Optus announce e-sports content push in Asia

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08-Oct-18 Singtel and Optus will partner with the gaming industry and other regional Singtel subsidiary telcos on original content creation and the broadcast of e-sports across Australia, Asia, and India. [image: ZD Net]

Asian banks tear down brick-and-mortar expansion model

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08-Oct-18 Singapore's largest bank DBS is attempting to disrupt the traditional business model of physical branches in Indonesia with a branchless smartphone platform, 'digibank'. After DBS rolled out digibank in India in 2016, it captured over 2 mn customers. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

Singapore e-wallet NetsPay in talks with WeChat Pay for cross-border payments

Hong Kong's outlook for the clothing market optimistic

Alibaba’s Jack Ma tech institute in Indonesia

Singtel and Optus announce e-sports content push in Asia

Asian banks tear down brick-and-mortar expansion model

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