APAC

Fraud costs increased more than 10% over pre-pandemic levels for APAC businesses

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has released the latest Asia-Pacific edition of the LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study, which surveyed 387 risk and fraud executives in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The study analysed fraud trends in retail,...

Huawei Cloud partners Singapore IMDA to launch the inaugural Spark Incubator programme

Huawei Cloud launched the inaugural Spark Incubator programme as part of its partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) PIXEL Innovation Hub. It targets early-stage Singapore-based start-ups in the pre-seed and seed space from...

Indian enterprises significantly raise ICT budget for 2022

Driven by the ongoing digital initiatives by the Indian government and a surge in the use of digital technologies due to COVID-19, more than 50% of enterprises in India have significantly increased their ICT budget in 2022 compared to 2021, reveals...

Survey reveals the top priority for Australian MSP businesses

Access4 has announced the results of a survey it conducted among Australian managed service providers (MSP), looking at their challenges and priorities for the year ahead, with many placing modernisation as their top concern. Intelligent SME.tech found out...

Bank of Queensland goes live on Temenos Banking Cloud

Temenos has announced that Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has gone live with retail banking services on Temenos Banking Cloud for customers served under the BOQ and Virgin Money brands. Work has commenced on the migration of BOQ’s ME brand to Temenos...

Telefónica Tech study shows 57% of companies plan to invest more in ICT in the next two years

A study from Telefónica Tech, which gathered responses from a total of 810 IT professionals in Spain, Brazil, Germany, the UK and the Republic of Ireland, finds 60% of the IT professionals surveyed recognize that after the pandemic their company is...

Huawei: 5G will unleash power of data-driven intelligent finance

Business and technology leaders from across the APAC region have gathered to discuss how 5G and the revolution in data storage will define the future of the financial industry. Global tech giant Huawei has held its Asia Pacific Financial Industry Storage...

Why IT security teams and employees need to work together to secure finance organizations

Financial institutions stand the best chance of achieving cyber hygiene if they make it their mission to teach their workforce about important cybersecurity behaviors. David Sajoto, Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific and Japan, ExtraHop, explains the...