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AI in Banking: SEA, LatAm & MEA Follow Different Paths to AI Profits
SEA's digital natives and fintech integration make the region a global leader
Feb 13
GenAI in APAC Banks: 70% of Value Comes from Just 4 Use Cases
Half of APAC banks are AI laggards
Feb 12
China’s Digital Yuan Now Pays Interest and Goes Green — Why It Matters and Poses No Threat to US Stablecoins
The comparison with US stablecoins paying interest is dead wrong
Jan 24
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Sovereign AI: Go It Alone and Fall Behind, or Master Interoperability and Thrive
US AI or Chinese AI? Smart nations are choosing both and staying agnostic.
Jan 22
Asian Banks Lead Agentic AI Surge: Targeting Operations — 70% of Overall Costs
Forget the flashy front-office hype — 75% of AI’s value lives in operations
Jan 16
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Top 2026 Trends, No. 5: Digital Public Infrastructure Goes Global — Powered by Payments Success in India, Brazil, and China
The West’s “it won’t happen here” excuse just died with the digital euro.
Jan 15
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Top 2026 Trends, No. 1: AI Inequality and Why APAC Is the Ultimate AI Testing Ground
Losers in the "AI Race" will not bow out gracefully.
Jan 8
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The US AI Lead Vanishes: China's LLMs Now Match or Surpass American Models
China is democratizing AI access with efficient free LLMs
Dec 20, 2025
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UNDP’s “Great AI Divide”: APAC Rich Nations Leap Ahead, Poor Nations Left Behind
Why China's open-source models are the only way not to be left behind
Dec 3, 2025
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The AI Trust Gap: Why China Will Win the AI War
People cannot be forced to use AI, trust drives mass adoption
Nov 22, 2025
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Mobile Money in Asia Never Ceases to Amaze: Even when UPI and WeChat are Excluded.
Mobile money on non-bank digital wallets is a key component of inclusion across Asia.
Nov 20, 2025
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SE Asia's QR Code Revolution Fuels Double-Digit Digital Finance Growth Beyond Payments
QR payments are the foundation of SEA's digital boom, while card growth is flat.
Nov 19, 2025
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