Tag Archives: technology
Japan lays out growth strategy priorities ahead of elections
By Daniel Leussink and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan announced on Thursday a list of initiatives it will focus on to promote green technology and digitalisation, as part of efforts to boost t...
Sep 02, 2021
Sweden’s Truecaller names new chairman ahead of potential IPO
By Supantha Mukherjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Swedish mobile phone directory and caller identification service Truecaller on Thursday named Bing Gordon, a partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins...
Sep 02, 2021
Glitch in Amazon cloud service hits Japan brokers, airline
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese firms, from major online brokerages to the top mobile phone carrier and a leading airline, reported system troubles on Thursday over problems with Amazon's Amazon Web Servic...
Sep 01, 2021
Australia, Singapore and South Africa to test cross border central bank digital payments
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Central banks in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa will conduct a cross border payments trial using different central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to...
Sep 01, 2021
Top Chinese tech regulator holds video meet with Microsoft president
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft president Brad Smith met Xiao Yaqing, a top official of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) via a video call on Thursday to discuss cooperatio...
Sep 01, 2021
Chinese regulators summon ride-hailing firms to meeting to discuss market concerns
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese regulators summoned 11 ride-hailing firms including Didi Global Inc, Geely's Caocao and Meituan's ride-hailing unit to a meeting, the transport ministry said on Thursday, t...
Sep 01, 2021
ByteDance says it will downsize fintech business, plans to sell stock broker ops
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing-based ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, said on Wednesday that it would shrink its financial services unit and that it planned to sell its stock broking operations amid China...
Sep 01, 2021
U.S. blocking Chinese acquisitions of global tech firms a “red flag” – Chinese state-backed tabloid
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese state-backed tabloid the Global Times called U.S. efforts to block cross-border acquisitions of tech companies a "red flag" that impedes China's tech sector and disrupts t...
Sep 01, 2021
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says its U.S. crypto exchange arm targets IPO in three years – The Information
(Reuters) - Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance's founder and chief executive officer Changpeng Zhao said that its U.S. arm could have an initial public offering in the next three years, The Inform...
Sep 01, 2021
Apple says Japan Fair Trade Commission closes App Store investigation
(Reuters) - Apple Inc said https://apple.co/3kITzks late on Wednesday that an update was coming to the App Store, which closed an investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC). "The update w...
Sep 01, 2021
