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[ad_1] Ruma Balasubramanian (Google Cloud) Credit: Google Cloud Google Cloud has appointed Ruma Balasubramanian as CEO of Southeast Asia, replacing Tim Synan, who has moved to Italy with the tech giant. Effective immediately, Singapore-based Balasubramanian is tasked with driving the supplier’s go-to-market strategy across customer and partner segments, as well …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – TraceTogether, the national contact tracing program, has gained recognition on the international stage for its innovative use of digital technology. On Monday (December 7), market research firm Gartner crowned TraceTogether the Asia-Pacific winner for its 2020 Government Eye on Innovation award. The award winners were selected by …

[ad_1] BEIJING: China’s exports rose at the fastest pace in nearly three years in November, as strong global demand for goods needed to overcome the pandemic pushed the world’s second-largest economy into a record trade surplus. A spirited recovery of factories in China following the coronavirus shutdown earlier this year …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A $ 12 million program was launched to strengthen Singapore’s blockchain ecosystem and facilitate the development, commercialization and adoption of blockchain technology for real-world applications. The Singapore Blockchain Innovation Program will engage about 75 companies, including multinational corporations, large companies and information and communications technology companies, to …

[ad_1] JAKARTA – The first batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Indonesia. The world’s largest archipelagic state is drafting the rules governing its distribution across the country, a task that will be completed in two weeks. At approximately 9 p.m. local time on Sunday night (December 6), 1.2 million doses …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Six suspected supporters of Indonesian Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab were killed in a clash with police on Monday (December 7), Jakarta Police Chief Fadil Imran told reporters. The incident occurred shortly after midnight on a highway when a police car was attacked while following a car believed to …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Singapore authorities added three other counts of fraud against the head of a local accounting firm in a case involving German payments firm Wirecard, which has fallen out of favor. R. Shanmugaratnam, Director of Citadelle Corporate Services, was charged with three counts of falsifying Citadelle letters …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Global banks will face two big hurdles next year: rising defaults and ultra-low interest rates, said Piyush Gupta, CEO of Singapore’s largest bank, DBS. Government support around the world has cushioned the economic damage of the pandemic, but has also They “masked the true size” of the …

[ad_1] Blackstone and CVC agreed to include Paysafe in a $ 9 billion valuation through a merger with a blank checking company launched by billionaire Bill Foley. The deal triples investment by private equity firms three years after buying the UK fintech group, people briefed on the deal said. Foley …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore’s largest fintech festival and innovation week kicks off Monday (December 7) with a series of speakers including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Vice Premier Heng Swee Keat, who is also Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy …