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SCB X, the financial technology conglomerate and holding company of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), expects to maintain single-digit loan growth for its Gen 2 businesses under a cautious strategy despite their strong growth potential.
SCB X’s cautious stance on Gen 2 lending suggests Thailand’s fintech sector is prioritizing risk control over market share amid uncertain economic conditions.
Yip In Tsoi Group, the century-old Thai conglomerate that built its reputation on trust and stability, is now betting its future on agility.
Yip In Tsoi’s pivot from legacy trust to agile AI services pressures older Thai conglomerates to modernize or lose enterprise clients to digital-native rivals.
More than 90 per cent of Hong Kong companies, schools, and NGOs have incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) into their workflows, according to a survey.
Hong Kong’s near-universal AI adoption, with weak training and policy frameworks, creates urgent compliance and security risks for the sector.
The ByteDance co-founder's net worth has climbed to $118.7 billion.
Zhang Yiming’s ascent over Ambani underscores how algorithmic content delivery now generates more personal wealth than India’s oil-to-telecom conglomerates.
Donald Trump signed a long-awaited executive order on artificial intelligence Tuesday, asking technology companies to voluntarily share advanced models before release.
Trump’s voluntary AI vetting buys Washington oversight without imposing hard limits, but leaves US firms racing China still setting their own pace.
Alibaba Group Holding chief technology officer (CTO) Wu Zeming has joined the company’s elite steering committee, joining co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai in playing a central role in formulating the tech empire’s strategy.
Alibaba’s CTO now sits alongside founders in strategy, making AI execution a board-level priority rather than a tech function.
Chinese companies in 15 key industrial sectors received vastly more state support than their international competitors between 2005 and 2024, according to an OECD report released on Monday.
OECD data confirms Beijing’s industrial policy has created a structural subsidy gap that foreign manufacturers cannot match without equivalent state backing.
The US Department of Commerce moved Sunday to close a loophole that for the past year allowed Chinese companies to buy the world’s most advanced AI chips through their overseas subsidiaries.
The US closing the overseas subsidiary loophole forces Chinese AI firms to rely on domestic alternatives, accelerating Huawei’s chipmaking ambitions.
Why Temu and Shein could give Western retailers a run for their money this holiday season AP News
Platform competition is evolving beyond marketplace share into logistics and financial services.