Asia’s tech news #099: Wozniak & TechSparks, China’s bank clouds, India’s Google phone, fintech in Singapore…
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Fireside chat: ‘Rethinking the future of everything’ with Steve Wozniak, from TechSparks 2021 Conference — www.youtube.com
Watch the exclusive conversation about Rethinking the future of everything between Shradha Sharma, Founder & CEO, YourStory & Steve Wozniak, Co-founder, Apple.
India: JioPhone Next ‘phone to launch, co-developed by Google and Reliance, running OS for Indian users — gadgets.ndtv.com
JioPhone Next has been co-developed by Google and Reliance. Google CEO Sundar Pichai feels that the smartphone will spearhead digital transformation in India and its impact will be seen in the next three…
China: Tencent Cloud inks strategic partnership with Yusys fintech firm for solutions to major banks — kr-asia.com
Tencent Cloud partners with IT solution developer to transform China’s banks. Yusys already works with Tencent Cloud and develops fintech for 150 banks.
Singapore: The new listing framework around special purpose acquisition companies, from pwc — www.pwc.com
SPACs known as blank cheque companies offer distinct advantages over a traditional IPO, offering a quicker and simpler alternative with less market volatility risks.
China: “cracked down hard on bitcoin…but China still has a thriving ecosystem…working on DeFi…” — supchina.com
The DeFi world is made up of hundreds of such apps, called protocols, built atop blockchains, which facilitate the movement of billions of dollars in cryptocurrency transactions a day. Skilled programmers who contribute to its development…
FinTech in Singapore 1H 2021, a brief overview from UOB — www.uobgroup.com
Singapore’s FinTech firms amassed a record-breaking US$725 million in funding for the first half of 2021, with payments taking the lead.
Mark your calendar — Philippine Startup Week is set for November 15–19, running online — www.phstartupweek.com
Philippine Startup Week is the country’s largest startup conference organized by government agencies and the local startup ecosystem — built for startups, scaleups, entrepreneurs, investors, tech enthusiasts, and everyone in between.
Malaysia: Poladrone end-to-end drone solutions startup gains $4.29M — www.asiatechdaily.com
The company is setting up Service Centres in agricultural towns to offer “Sales, Service, and Spare Parts” in Malaysia and Thailand. They are also looking to expand to other markets in the region, specifically Indonesia.
New Zealand: APLYiD raises NZ$7M with biometric customer onboarding with facial authentication by video — www.biometricupdate.com
Users perform facial authentication with APLYiD by capturing an eight-second video while slowly moving their smartphone, and can also include checks against fraud and watchlist databases to help…
Podcast: Taiwan as a base for digital nomads and digital content creators — www.listennotes.com
Claudia is a digital nomad — she was in Taiwan for more than a year on an Entrepreneur Visa and moved to Canada mid-2021. What made her move out? Is she coming back?
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