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Digital payment competition heating up
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 11/05/2022
» Competition in the digital payment field is expected to heat up as industry players receive investment funding, including US$120 million for Opn, a Japanese fintech company which launched the Omise online payment solution in Thailand in 2015.
Financial unicorn takes flight in Asean
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 07/05/2022
» Ascend Money, Thailand's first fintech unicorn, is accelerating growth beyond TrueMoney Wallet payment services by tapping the savings, lending and investment realms with a goal of becoming a financial super app and attaining profitability this year.
Thailand tops 5G smartphone market
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 12/03/2022
» Thailand recorded the largest 5G-enabled smartphone shipments in Asean last year, buoyed by broader availability of 5G handsets, pent-up demand and Covid-19 government subsidies, says IT market research company IDC.
Calls for novel EV strategy to boost entire ecosystem
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 28/02/2022
» Thailand needs to adopt an effective electric vehicle (EV) strategy rather than just increasing the number of EVs on the road to benefit all businesses in the EV ecosystem, according to industry groups.
Zort sets sights on IPO after Series A
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 04/03/2022
» Zort, a seller management platform, aims to launch an initial public offering (IPO) within 3-5 years to increase its capacity after recently raising 55 million baht in a Series A funding round.
AWS plans to launch cloud infrastructure
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/02/2022
» Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud service arm under tech giant Amazon, plans to launch its cloud infrastructure -- AWS Local Zone -- in Bangkok to meet the needs of different cloud deployment models, particularly in large metro areas.
Metaverse joins remote work as key employment trend
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 02/02/2022
» Hybrid onsite and remote work will become more common in the future as it delivers more flexibility and improves productivity, while the metaverse is another tool to support an interactive workplace, according to consulting and tech firms.
Foodpanda revitalises
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/01/2022
» Food delivery platform Foodpanda vows to invest more in Thailand and gear up for a "brand love" approach amid intense competition in the market, part of a move to revitalise its brand.
Alibaba helps upskill SMEs for B2B trade
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 14/01/2022
» The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) has joined hands with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to launch a programme aimed at promoting e-commerce skills among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tap into the global business-to-business (B2B) market worth US$23.9 trillion.
Industry urged to embrace metaverse
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 06/01/2022
» Metaverse technology can be applied to the manufacturing sector to improve the efficiency of supply chain management, particularly in the automotive and electronics industries, says Kasikorn Research Center (K-Research).