Digital Economy

Business 6 min A Google Office in Islamabad Is Not a Pakistani IT Export IT exports are domestic firms invoicing foreign clients. A foreign company registering locally sits on the oth... EV Eva Chin 31 Aug ASEAN Tech 8 min ASEAN Signs One Digital Rulebook in November. Its Members Keep Writing Their Own DEFA negotiations concluded in May and signature is set for November. In the ten weeks between, five member st... SA Sarah Chew 6 Aug Business 9 min Vietnam Put a Vietnamese Language Model on Its List of Strategic Technologies Decision 21/2026/QD-TTg names ten strategic technologies and thirty strategic products. One of them is large-s... EV Eva Chin 4 Aug ASEAN Tech 5 min ASEAN Tech Summit Convenes in Manila as the Region's Digital Trade Pact Heads for a November Signing Organisers expected more than 4,000 delegates in Pasay City on 28–29 July, under the Philippine chairship. Neg... SA Sarah Chew 2 Aug ASEAN Tech 6 min Sea's three engines fire at once: Shopee, Monee and Garena drive a 47 per cent revenue jump Singapore's Sea Limited posted first-quarter revenue of US$7.1 billion, up 47 per cent, as its e-commerce, fin... SA Sarah Chew 1 Jun ASEAN Tech 5 min Indonesia's Digital Economy Hits $90 Billion — And SMEs Are Finally Getting Their Share Indonesia's digital economy reached $90 billion in 2025 and is accelerating in 2026, with SME fintech access e... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 6 May ASEAN Tech 5 min ASEAN Fintech Is Moving From Pilot to Platform — And 99% of Regional Firms Stand to Benefit New data from the World Economic Forum and Money20/20 Asia show ASEAN's fintech sector has reached an inflecti... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 3 May ASEAN Tech 4 min The Philippines Becomes ASEAN's Fastest-Growing Digital Economy in 2026 The Philippines is emerging as ASEAN's fastest-growing digital economy in 2026, driven by e-wallet adoption, B... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 12 Apr