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Practitioners from Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Nigeria discuss digital economic development for underserved communities at Shanghai’s INCLUSION Conference

TechNode

Underserved communities often face unique challenges when accessing and harnessing digital technologies. Underserved communities often face unique challenges when accessing and harnessing digital technologies. However, opportunities can emerge from developing the digital economy in these communities.

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UnionPay International partners with WeChat Pay to enable cross-border payments

TechNode

The initial group of participating wallets includes Bank of China Hong Kongs BoC Pay, Octopus, PayMe by HSBC, and Tap & Go in Hong Kong; Bangkok Bank Mobile Banking and K PLUS in Thailand; NAVER Pay in South Korea; and ICBC Mobile Banking (ICBC Pay) in Malaysia. UnionPay, in Chinese ]

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SwipeRx lands $27M from MDI and Gates Foundation to digitize the pharma industry in Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

Today, he claims, SwipeRx has transformed and digitized the pharmacy industry and become a one-stop platform for pharmacists to perform all their daily tasks, from education to purchasing to inventory financing in Southeast Asia. Image Credits: SwipeRx.

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Creator+ raises $12M to build a film studio and streaming service focused on digital storytellers

TechCrunch

” So Creator+ will allow those creators to break free of some of those constraints, making feature films with budgets in the low seven figures. The team also has global ambitions, which is why they brought on international investors, including Malaysia-based Petra Group.

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Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asia’s fintech boom

TechCrunch

Indonesia and Malaysia, in the heart of Southeast Asia, are among the countries with the largest Muslim populations in the world. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% Along with the growing number of Islamic fintech startups digitizing the process, Islamic-compliant services are becoming accessible to more people. out of its 33.6

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Fitness app HealthifyMe to expand worldwide after raising $75M Series C from LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures

TechCrunch

you have free DIY calorie counting solutions like MyFitnessPal and expensive human-assisted coaching and diet solutions like Noom and WeightWatchers,” said Vashisht. About 25% of HealthifyMe’s revenue comes from outside of India, including Singapore and Malaysia. Today in the U.S., We begin by building a food database with local foods.

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Meta invests in Take App, a Singaporean startup that helps merchants sell via WhatsApp

TechCrunch

While the core Take App service is free, the company also offers a bunch of premium features which includes things like advanced analytics, unlimited image uploads, and custom domain names. We focus on traditional businesses with a digital gap.” Take App: Newsletters. The story so far.