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17-Oct-18 Singapore e-payments provider Nets is in talks with WeChat Pay to allow its users to make mobile payments in China. The partnership would allow NetsPay users to scan QR codes in China and settle purchases in Singapore dollars. [image: South China Morning Post]
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08-Oct-18 Healthcare is highly vulnerable to cyberattacks in Asia, with 27 percent of organizations reporting a cyberattack in the past year, which is more than financial institutions (20 percent). Despite this, the industry still underestimates the likelihood of a cyberattack. [images: Guang Niu / Getty Images]
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08-Oct-18 Singapore's largest bank DBS is attempting to disrupt the traditional business model of physical branches in Indonesia with a branchless smartphone platform, 'digibank'. After DBS rolled out digibank in India in 2016, it captured over 2 mn customers. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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17-Sep-18 Singapore has launched Singapore Quick Response Code (SGQR), which it claims to be the world's first unified payments QR code. It will be adopted by 27 payment schemes including PayNow, Nets, GrabPay, Liquid Pay and Singtel Dash. [image: Finextra]
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24-Aug-18 Alibaba’s Lazada is introducing new credit options for SMEs in Southeast Asia. Lazada partnered with Finaxar to offer financing services to sellers in Singapore. There are plans to expand to other parts of Southeast Asia in the future. [image: TechCrunch]
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