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Cyberjaya smart city development accelerated with cashless society push
Cyberjaya strengthens its offerings as a Smart City with a MoU which outlines a fleet of initiatives that will be rolled out as Cyberjaya looks towards going cashless in line with the Malaysian government’s push to reduce cash transactions.
Lower prices bring more Singaporean shoppers online
Lower overall costs, free shipping, and safe payment methods continue to bring Singaporeans online. By 2025, it is estimated that Singapore’s ecommerce market will make up 6.7% of all retail sales.
Mike Hollison joins Cloudera as chief marketing officer
Cloudera appoints Mick Hollison as chief marketing officer to lead global marketing strategy as the company targets additional growth and success as a prospective public company.  
Mastercard names new global products, solutions leadership in Asia Pacific
Mastercard appoints Julienne Loh, Felix Marx to senior leadership roles in Asia-Pacific  
MC Payment Raises S$6mil in Series B Round
MC Payment, a financial technology and business solutions provider based in Singapore, has raised S$6 million (US$4.5 million) in a Series B round.
DBS introduces Apple Pay in Singapore
  Visa, Mastercard customers eligible Works on a number of Apple devices   STARTING immediately, DBS/POSB customers will be able to use Apple Pay in Singapore. With some five million credit and debit cards in circulation, the bank is the largest card issuer in the country.  
Cards vs cash: Big boys vs the little guys
There will be room for only a few players in both the card and cash business – prepare for a bruising fight, write Anwar Jumabhoy & Srikrishna Vadrevu.
Girls in STEM careers: It’s on you, parents!
The key to attracting girls in Asia Pacific to study STEM subjects and pursue STEM-related careers lies with families, according to MasterCard’s inaugural Girls in Tech research.
MasterCard and VAT IT cloud-based solution tackles VAT/ GST hassle
VAT Cloud enables seamless integration with issuing bank data to allow analysis and recovery of VAT embedded in credit card data.
Award-winning Malaysian team out to pursue social good
A Malaysian team won MasterCard’s Masters of Code global hackathon by building a software platform to manage the salaries of foreign domestic workers, but that’s just the start.
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