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Alternative Airlines adds BNPL flight payments via dLocal

Travellers in Colombia and Brazil can now split flight costs over time as the online booking platform taps local instalment providers.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Asian corporates embrace AI & embedded FX services

Asian firms want faster FX hedging, but weak bank API links could slow automation in treasury systems despite rising AI adoption.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

Singapore leads Southeast Asia shopping app growth

Rising acquisition costs are pushing shopping app marketers to lean more on paid channels as Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia outpace global growth.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Global Stories

Latin America stories

Software-as-a-Service

Totogi Ontology goes live in seven telecoms deployments

Telecoms operators are using the software to cut outages, alarm noise and order failures after live trials expanded across five continents.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today

Malware

Check Point warns of rising cyber attacks & AI risk

Organisations faced 2,422 cyber attacks a week in August as ransomware and phishing intensified, while AI use created fresh data exposure risks.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today

Malware

Check Point warns of rising attacks & AI data leak risk

Rising phishing, ransomware and AI misuse are leaving organisations exposed, with weekly attacks up 22% from a year earlier.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Today

Software-as-a-Service

Concentric AI names Olson & Saso to top sales roles

The hires are aimed at strengthening sales as demand rises for tools that help firms govern and protect sensitive data in AI systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today

Fintech

TerraPay & Alipay+ link wallets for QR payments abroad

Travellers using 15 African wallets will soon be able to scan and pay at more than 150 million overseas merchants via Alipay+.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Yesterday

Crypto

From wallets to accounts: The quiet convergence of crypto and everyday finance

In emerging markets, users are increasingly treating crypto wallets as everyday money tools, with stablecoins helping fill costly gaps in payments.

By Alvin Kan • 5 min read • Yesterday

Digital Transformation

Infobip study finds brands struggle to prove sports ROI

Most marketers still cannot tie sports fan engagement to sales, even as they raise budgets for live-event campaigns and AI tools.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Yesterday

Partner Programmes

Gallagher reshapes Americas sales team with three moves

The security supplier is building out regional coverage as it targets more than 30 per cent growth across the Americas this financial year.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Gaming

FARx appoints ex-BT executive as Chairman for expansion

Seed-backed FARx is ramping up abroad as deepfake and identity-fraud attacks push demand for its biometric authentication tools.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Crypto

Tether backs Plenti's Latin America expansion push

Tether's investment gives Plenti more firepower to expand into Peru and Bolivia as demand for dollar-based savings tools grows in Latin America.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

dLocal launches dMoRe for emerging market merchants

Merchants selling into Brazil, Nigeria and Indonesia could reach customers in as little as eight weeks, bypassing costly local set-up and compliance hurdles.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Data Protection

Yubico expands OpenAI passkey partnership to Australia

Australian users of OpenAI's security programme will now need hardware-backed passkeys, as older sign-in methods are disabled for higher-risk accounts.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week