3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (988+ words) In its 2025 Sustainability Report, fintech firm Ant International shares progresses on its 6T framework linking cross-border payments, versatile agentic solutions, SME access and stronger safeguards to support a more inclusive AI economy AS ARTIFICIAL intelligence rewrites the rules of e-commerce, the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (164+ words) This is also as the e-commerce industry matures, shifting away from a race for scale [SINGAPORE] E-commerce platforms in South-east Asia such as Lazada and Shopee are doubling down on their affiliate marketing programmes to fend off rising competition from…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (422+ words) Sea has been embedding AI in small ways like through product recommendations and seller tools SEA has set up a dedicated team to scout for new investments in AI, part of a broader effort to accelerate forays into the technology…...

1+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (928+ words) Payment networks are building systems to identify trusted agents, verify user intent and complete transactions FOR 30 years, commerce has tried to remove the middleman. Artificial intelligence may be putting one back. Just not a human one. The commercial internet began…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (149+ words) The local bourse doesn’t have exciting, paradigm-shifting brand names. It has boring – but solid – businesses [SINGAPORE] If you listen closely, you can almost hear the global retail hype deflating. Nike will be axed from the S&P 100 index in September…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (431+ words) L’Oreal, Nestle and Mondelez are among companies that have adopted the tech to create new offerings [VIENNA] French cosmetics company L’Oreal has used artificial intelligence to identify molecules in its skincare products that can be repurposed for use in shampoo;…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (487+ words) But the company is battling deep-pocketed global challengers, including TikTok Shop and Lazada SEA founder Forrest Li told employees that a trillion-dollar market capitalisation – an increase of about 10 times – is possible as the South-east Asia e-commerce leader joins tech companies…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (330+ words) Speculation on the Pepsi model is rife; purchase requests surged 500% over the 2025 average in March [ZURICH] One of Rolex’s most popular models – the steel GMT Master II, with a red-and-blue “Pepsi” bezel – is soaring in the secondary market ahead of a…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (569+ words) Such companies are also building a distributed workforce, with hiring from outside of the Republic growing [SINGAPORE] Startups in Singapore have doubled down on artificial intelligence usage, with the number subscribing to an AI platform growing 42 per cent year on…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (164+ words) IN THE fast-paced world of finance, the image of a seasoned investor poring over pages of company annual reports is rapidly giving way to a new reality. We are standing on the precipice of an investment revolution, where artificial intelligence…...