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When COVID-19 struck in early 2020, universities and schools around the world found themselves suddenly shifting to digital education, a scenario many had never conceived of before. Teachers and professors rapidly switched to Zoom with mixed results. In this period of rapid technological adoption, the existing educational technology industry, or edutech, led the way in […]

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Circles.Life launches eSIM The story: Singapore’s digital telco Circles.Life has launched eSIM. Anyone can sign up for an eSIM online without needing to wait for a physical SIM or offline verification by a third party. What is eSIM?: The new product allows users to toggle between their physical and eSIM accounts, giving them the option […]

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Insider, a multichannel growth management platform, announced today it has secured US$32 million in Series C funding round, led by US-based VC firm Riverwood Capital. Sequoia India, MENA-focused investment firm Wamda, and US-based Endeavor Catalyst also joined the round, bringing the Singaporean firm’s total financing raised to date to US$47 million. The company will use the additional […]

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Severan Rault, whose past experiences as an engineer include leadership roles at Amazon and Microsoft, has been appointed as new CTO for Southeast Asian tech unicorn gojek. Rault will oversee all of the technology behind gojek’s ecosystem -which provides access to a wide range of services from transportation and payments to food delivery, logistics and […]

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A major crisis can either incapacitate your company’s ability to market itself, or present opportunities for your brand to thrive. At the time of writing, several global brands have already declared bankruptcy or significantly downsized their business, including Hertz, Singapore-based oil trading company Hin Leong and WeWork, with more companies expected to follow suit, even […]

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The first time I heard about Open Banking was in 2015 when the EU rolled out guidelines for the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Many years have passed since, but Open Banking has just recently been implemented in certain parts of Southeast Asia. This article is meant to shed light on developments in Open Banking […]

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