Alongside the launch of QRIS in Japan on Independence Day, the central bank plans to start testing the digital payment system for future implementation in China.
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8 months agoUnder the YouTube Shopping tie-up, people will be able to purchase goods viewed on YouTube through links to Shopee, which is owned by Southeast Asian technology conglomerate Sea Ltd.
8 months agoThe Luxembourg-based General Court mostly agreed with the European Union competition enforcer's assessments of the case, but annulled the fine.
8 months agoThe OJK's latest initiative to deter people from taking out loans they cannot afford might not be as effective as intended, according to several frequent borrowers who spoke to the Post.
8 months agoAt next week's IAEA meeting, the government plans to announce its commitment to establish an implementing body for its nuclear power program as part of the two remaining requirements Indonesia must fulfill before it can develop nuclear infrastructure.
8 months agoChina is "dissatisfied" with the Dutch government’s decision to expand export controls on ASML chipmaking equipment, the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
8 months agoDurov, who was last week placed under formal investigation in France in connection with the use of Telegram for crimes including fraud, money laundering and sharing images of child sex abuse, announced the move in a message to his 12.2 million subscribers on the platform.
8 months agoThe company explained that Vietnam is a highly fragmented market, with multiple players in transport and food delivery.
8 months agoThe social media giant, previously known as Twitter, suspended last month its processing of personal data contained in the public posts of users in the European Union and European Economic Area to train its Grok AI chatbot in the past three months.
8 months agoThe US technology giant, working to boost revenue globally from services including apps, payments and media, is set to offer free music and video streaming to many of Bharti Airtel's 281 million customers.
8 months agoSome Indonesian start-ups have lost their decacorn and unicorn status due to great drops in their valuation.
8 months agoOn Friday, the Press Council established a new committee to oversee the implementation of the publisher rights regulation, which paves the way for media firms to negotiate partnerships with tech platforms like Google and Meta.
8 months agoProtesting drivers wanted the firms to raise the share they get for every trip from 80 percent now, and for the government to give special status for their terms of employment so they had more bargaining power over fees.
8 months agoMeta Platforms faces a fine of up to US$3.62 million after losing a lawsuit by Brazilian department store chain Havan that accused the social media company of accepting paid advertisements that fraudulently use the retailer's name to deceive consumers.
8 months agoThe local OTA market may not be so welcoming to newer players, as it tends to follow a winner-takes-all pattern.
8 months agoHundreds of motorbike driver partners for ride-hailing and delivery apps are slated to hold a peaceful demonstration in Jakarta on Thursday to demand better work conditions and a firm legal standing.
8 months agoMeta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior officials in the Biden administration had pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19 content during the pandemic, adding that he would push back if this were to happen again.
8 months agoPavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unidentified sources.
8 months agoOne of the newest players, Superbank, announced that it had reached its 1 million user milestone on Aug 12, less than two months since its mobile app officially launched.
9 months agoMedia platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil "effective immediately" due to what it called "censorship orders" by Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.
9 months agoTurning heads as they cruise past office buildings and malls, driverless taxis are slowly spreading through Chinese cities, prompting both wariness and wonder.
9 months agoUsers with Google accounts can suggest an edit to profiles of businesses in Maps that the tech giant would review before deciding whether to change a place's information or not.
9 months agoChina flew its biggest-yet unmanned cargo aircraft designed for civilian use, as the world's top drone-making nation steps up test flights of autonomous aerial vehicles (UAVs) that could ultimately ferry everything from takeouts to people.
9 months agoQuaternary education is the fourth level of education following an undergraduate degree, or to put it simply, postgraduate study.
9 months agoChinese tech giants including Huawei and Baidu as well as start-ups are stockpiling high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors from Samsung Electronics in anticipation of US curbs on exports of the chips to China, three sources said.
9 months agoThe communications ministry is drafting a gaming industry regulation that requires foreign developers to have a local presence and carries certain sanctions, but local developers say that could have the opposite effect of stifling industry growth and hampering global access.
9 months agoLast week’s unprecedented global tech outage intensified discussions about the immense power of tech giants as the global economy increasingly relies on a small number of platforms and cloud services.
9 months agoIn his speech to inaugurate the Indonesian Digital Economy and Finance Festival on Thursday, Jokowi said that more than 64 million small and medium enterprises in Indonesia could significantly propel the country's economic growth once their connected to the digital payment platforms.
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