Stephanie Li

The firm is set to expand to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam in the next two years.

SCI Ecommerce, which counts Lazada and Shopee as clients, assists brands and merchants set up and manage digital stores in Southeast Asia and China.

The Thai government regularly uses cybercrime laws and lèse majesté to charge critics of the monarchy and file requests for content restrictions on social media platforms.

South African lender TymeBank said it is also eyeing a digital banking license in the country.

Vietnam’s video surveillance sector is set to grow 8.6% year-on-year between 2020 and 2026.

Thailand is reining in decentralized finance, while forging ahead with its own central bank digital currency to maintain control over digital transactions.

Contradictions within the new tax code also make compliance challenging for many businesses.

The firm claims to be the top player in the local shipping and logistics market in terms of daily parcel volume.