In May 2024, Payoneer hosted the regional Payoneer VIP Connect Manila event. This brought together experts and influencers to share insights and action-oriented strategies for SMBs to overcome obstacles and seize global growth opportunities.
Attendees– founders, C-suite executives, and industry experts – were drawn from SMBs across different industries and...
Cyber incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches, and IT disruptions are the biggest worry for companies globally in 2024, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer. The closely interlinked peril of Business interruption ranks second.
Natural catastrophes (up from #6 to #3 year-on-year), Fire, explosion (up from #9 to #6), and Political risks and violence (up from #10 to...
HubSpot has announced the findings of a study conducted by Milieu Insight that explored the trends and innovations shaping the startup landscape in Southeast Asia and India.
Despite current global economic headwinds and private funding in the region declining to its lowest levels in six years, the startup ecosystem in Southeast...
A report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), finds that the impact of hybrid working varies across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and that workforce engagement is a critical priority across all APAC markets surveyed.
While some APAC countries are positive about the impact of hybrid working, Malaysian people professionals...
Vectra AI has released its 2024 Security Predictions for Asia Pacific and Japan. The predictions highlight the impact of another turbulent year of disruption from increasingly complex ransomware, emerging AI-driven threats, an ever-expanding attack surface, and over-burdened security teams.
Chris Fisher, Vectra AI's Director of Security Engineering APJ states everyone should be...
Salesforce’s new AI Trust Quotient shows that AI has a trust problem. Nearly half (48%) of workers in Singapore say it is difficult to get what they want out of AI, and 40% do not trust the data used to train AI systems.
The study, which surveyed 545 full-time...
The proportion of CEOs who believe global economic growth will improve over the next 12-months has more than doubled year-on-year. At the same time the proportion of CEOs concerned about their long-term business viability has risen to 45% as tech and climate pressures accelerate, according to PwC's 27th Annual Global CEO...
Research commissioned by IBM found that about 42% of enterprise-scale organizations (over 1,000 employees) surveyed have AI actively in use in their businesses.
Early adopters are leading the way, with 59% of responding enterprises already working with AI intending to accelerate and increase investment in the technology.
Ongoing challenges for AI...
The Curtain Boutique was founded in 2012 as a two-man roaming team. Today, the pioneering local curtains, blinds and ziptrack retailer has become one of the top 100 fastest-growing companies in Singapore, with 70 employees, spanning across two showrooms and an operations HQ office.
According to Bruce Lee, Chief Operating Officer,...
IBM has launched its report 'Leadership in the Age of AI.' Based on a survey of 1,600+ senior leaders and C-Suite executives across the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Sweden, the report explores how leadership is transforming as the region's businesses embrace generative AI.
The rise of generative AI in 2023 has been nothing short of remarkable....
