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November 2024: Thailand

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  • Thailand: Japan’s Toshiba and Naturenix partner for SCiB lithium-ion battery brand in Thailand, manufacturing units for subscription packages to 2-wheeled e-bike users / full item
  • Thailand: Police and electricity authorities raided buildings across 2 provinces, arresting suspects and seizing cryptocurrency mining rigs / full item

“[Thailand’s] Anti-Online Scam Operation Centre’s efforts have led to the suspension of 365,404 bank accounts linked to fraudulent activities, averaging 1,128 accounts suspended daily…” / full item

  • Millennium Hotels & Resorts boosts Aiello partnership for in-room, AI-powered voice assistant tech across six MHR properties in Singapore and Thailand / full item
  • South Korea’s Perigee Aerospace space launch firm and Thailand’s Geo-Informatics & Space Tech Development Agency ink MOU to develop Thai space infrastructure and capabilities / full item

“A transnational scam ring comprising Thai, Myanmar, and Cambodian nationals has been arrested for defrauding a Thai woman of over 21 million baht ($620K)…” / full item

  • Singapore’s Nium payments platform and JP Morgan’s Kinexys boost collaboration on data supply to validate bank accounts in int’l payments to Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong / full item
  • Download: ‘FinTech in ASEAN 2024, A Decade of Innovation’ – UOB, PwC, SFA “Singapore and Thailand accounted for 3/4 of total FinTech funding in the region for 9M 2024.” / full item
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Critical technologies: November
  • Australia: Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator awards over $60M in R&D contracts to 21 projects spanning quantum, defence tech, universities and the CSIRO…
  • India: Dept of Science & Tech has selected 8 firms for support under Nat’l Quantum Mission and N’l Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems…
  • China’s Huawei reportedly plans mass-production of its most advanced AI chip in Q1 2025, partly in bid to reach commercially-viable 70% functionality of chips produced…

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