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Located in Sydney, the data centre is hosted by AWS, with regional customers’ data hosted locally. The company claims that the results will see improved customer experience from a faster cloud-based platform.

The acquisition of Absolute Analytics means that Uprise Digital will have one of the largest independent Data & Analytics offerings in New Zealand and bring the total number of employees to 42.

Alibaba has reorganised its international and domestic commerce platforms into two units to better drive synergies – international digital commerce and China digital commerce. International digital commerce will bring together Alibaba’s overseas consumer-facing and wholesale businesses under the leadership of Fan Jiang, president of Taobao and Tmall. It will include AliExpress, Alibaba.com, and Lazada.

Grab, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, listed on Nasdaq on Dec 2nd following its $40 billion merger with special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Altimeter Growth Corp (AGC.O). The deal is the world’s biggest ever by a blank-check company and the biggest U.S. listing by a Southeast Asian firm.

Kueski, the buy now pay later (BNPL) online consumer lender has completed more than 5 million transactions online and has just announced a US $202 million Series C financing round. The funding will be used to grow the BNPL footprint in Mexico and to build out the product ecosystem for Mexican consumers.

KIO Networks, a leading digital infrastructure provider with assets in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, will broaden I Squared Capital’s digital infrastructure. To date, I Square Digital has deployed over $3 billion across six investments with assets in 41 countries.

Indian fintech start-up Cashfree Payments said on Tuesday that it has acquired a controlling stake worth $15 million in Telr, a payment service provider that operates in the UAE and Saudi Arabia markets.

The move was approved by the UAE cabinet meeting at Expo 2020 Dubai on Monday, during which government officials also agreed to adopt a national policy that will promote and protect the public’s health, as well as to clear the housing loans of low-income Emiratis.

Australian consumers expect truly personalised experiences on whatever touchpoint they engage with your brand. Challenge accepted. They want this complemented by heightened privacy, tighter data controls and the right to have the information erased with the click of a button.

Aussie marketers need to understand that using data for fantastic customer experiences is about being able to engage customers, not merely spy on them.

Beijing has instructed Chinese tech giant Tencent to stop releasing any new apps or app updates so that the authorities can inspect its products, according to reports from multiple local outlets. This decision comes as China introduced a new privacy law this month that restricts what companies and individuals can do with personal data — the latest in the country’s crackdown on big tech’s once-unchecked growth.

Adzymic, the Singapore-based adtech company that provides AI-driven creative personalization, has announced the launch of their Smart Survey solution. The new survey-based display ad format allows marketers to capture customer insights or take a pulse check on campaigns within a matter of days.