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Taylor Swift Struck a Deal With Singapore Not to Perform in Any Other Southeast Asian Country

In this 10 July 2019 file photograph, singer Taylor Swift performs at Amazon Music’s Prime Day concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. (Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift stole the show at an Asian summit on Tuesday, 5 March, when Singapore’s leader was prompted to defend his tiny country’s exclusive concert deal with the singer, which risks bad blood in the region by preventing her from performing in neighboring nations.

EquitiesFirst Podcast Series II, Episode 4: Mobilizing Social Investments in Asia-Pacific


HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 March 2024 – EquitiesFirst, in collaboration with The Economist Impact, presents Episode 4 of our insightful Podcast Series II: “Mobilizing Social Investments in Asia-Pacific.” This episode explores the growing landscape of responsible investments that address social and environmental challenges, while driving positive societal change in the Asia-Pacific region.

EquitiesFirst Investment: Social Investments in Asia-Pacific

Join EquitiesFirst in our latest podcast episode, “Mobilizing Social Investments in Asia-Pacific,” where we delve into the intriguing world of social investment. Defined as capital that not only seeks financial returns but also aims to generate social impact, these investments are gaining traction in Asia Pacific. We explore the evolving landscape of responsible investments, focusing on how they address societal and environmental challenges while driving social innovation.

EquitiesFirst Financing: Catalyzing Change through Social Investment

This episode sheds light on the increasing interest in social investments in the region, highlighted by initiatives like the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network. We discuss the crucial role of family offices and high-net-worth individuals in this sphere and examine the funding gaps in key areas like healthcare, gender, and climate. The session delves into the opportunities for investors to create social value alongside economic returns and the innovative business models that unlock the potential of social investments.

EquitiesFirst Risk Management: Navigating Social Investment Challenges

Addressing the findings of a 2022 Economist Impact research, we discuss the uneven progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in Asia-Pacific. The episode navigates the challenges founders and investors face in the region, from demand and supply issues to the need for robust accelerator programs. It also explores the various investment vehicles and strategies to bridge investment gaps.

EquitiesFirst Partnership: Fostering Collaborative Social Ventures

EquitiesFirst Limited remains committed to engaging in conversations about the intersection of financial profitability and social impact. By leveraging the expertise and experience in EquitiesFirst equities-based investment and EquitiesFirst equities-based financing, we aim to contribute to the broader dialogue on mobilizing social investments in Asia-Pacific, a region ripe with opportunities for impactful and responsible investing.Hashtag: #EquitiesFirst


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Yuno Secures US$25M, Planning Europe, Asia Expansion


SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 March 2024 – Yuno, a leading global payments orchestration platform, announces today it has secured US$25 million from a consortium of prominent investors, including DST Global Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, Kaszek Ventures and Monashees.

Juan Pablo Ortega and Julián Núñez, Co-Founders at Yuno
Juan Pablo Ortega and Julián Núñez, Co-Founders at Yuno

Founded by experienced tech entrepreneurs Juan Pablo Ortega and Julián Núñez, Yuno offers its clients fast and reliable payments orchestration, helping revolutionise retail, e-commerce, travel, mobility, and other industries. Yuno already serves customers like McDonald’s, Avianca, inDrive, Rappi, and others across 50 countries, offering innovative features such as one-click checkout modifications, smart routing, and the integration of information from all payment processors and anti-fraud tools into a unified interface.

Funds raised in this Series A round will help further strengthen Yuno’s operations in North and South America and enter new markets in Europe, Asia, and Africa. This should benefit Yuno’s customers, who already value the company’s innovative approach to integrating diverse payment methods, which is fueling their own growth by providing easy-to-use, reliable, and tailored solutions for different geographies.

Juan Pablo Ortega, CEO and Co-founder at Yuno, commented: “This financial backing validates our vision and our ability to take the global payments industry into the future, helping fuel positive change across many different sectors of the economy. We are thrilled to bring our cutting-edge solutions to new markets.”

Julián Núñez, Co-founder at Yuno, added: ”Yuno is already successfully facilitating financial transactions in over 50 countries, highlighting our versatility and adaptability in meeting the diverse demands of the global market. This latest round of funding will play a pivotal role in advancing Yuno’s technological infrastructure, expanding our team of exceptional professionals, and crafting innovative market strategies to strengthen our presence across different geographies.”

“We’re happy to be supporting Yuno in the next phase of its growth,” said Saurabh Gupta, Managing Partner at DST Global. “We’re impressed by the entrepreneurial track record of its founders, the strong team and customer base they’ve built, and the company’s proven ability to keep innovating in online payments.”
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About Yuno

Yuno has emerged as a dominant force in the realm of global payment orchestration, boasting an influential footprint that spans over 300 payment methods. Expertly engineered to streamline a wide array of payment methods, it integrates unparalleled fraud detection capabilities, ensuring both ease of use and robust security in handling transactions. The system is replete with advanced features such as “one-click” checkout and advanced Smart Routing technology. Additionally, Yuno features an intelligent interface that facilitates seamless data integration and synthesis.

The core mission of Yuno is to empower global commerce by providing innovative and secure payment solutions, incorporating strong fraud prevention and security measures. Yuno enables businesses of all sizes to accept and disburse any form of payment anywhere in the world, fostering financial inclusivity and ensuring seamless and secure transactions.

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Lao Woman Rescued from Alleged Captivity in Thailand

Lao Woman Rescued from Alleged Captivity in Thailand
Praewa, after getting rescured from her employer's house (photo: Naewna)

Udon Thani Provincial Police Station in Thailand executed a rescue operation on 3 March, liberating an 18-year-old Lao woman, Praewa, from a house in Udon Thani where she allegedly endured severe abuse at the hands of her employer.

Electricity Exports Propel Laos to Trade Surplus, Marking Record Growth

Lao Electricity Imported to Cambodia

Laos has recorded a significant surge in its annual trade, reaching a total value of over USD 15.5 billion in 2023. 

Victory Securities Partners with Matrixport to Provide Institutional-Grade Asset Security Services for Licensed Virtual Assets Products


HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 March 2024 – Victory Securities, a leading virtual asset brokerage in Hong Kong, has entered into a partnership agreement with Matrixport’s Cactus Custody™, a licensed trust company in Hong Kong. Under the agreement, Cactus CustodyTM will provide institutional-grade digital asset custodial services for licensed virtual asset products by Victory Securities. Professional investors worldwide investing with Victory Securities now have the assurance of a best-in-class infrastructure built, designed and managed by one of the leading digital asset custodians in Asia.

The partnership with Matrixport’s qualified institutional custodian, Cactus Custody™, reaffirms Victory Securities’ commitment to collaborate with top Web3 institutions and create innovative financial products that prioritize compliance and security. The integration enhances the security and transparency of users’ digital assets by incorporating the use of leading blockchain analysis databases, tracking tools, and on-chain transaction monitoring services.

Additionally, the integration enables a compliant gateway, supported by a regulatory suite of KYT and AML tools, to Victory Securities’ products, including the Victory EMC BTC Cycle Fund, the first Bitcoin fund that allows stablecoin subscriptions, which recently secured an approval by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong.

Mr. Kennix Chan, Executive Director of Victory Securities, stated, “As a leading virtual asset brokerage in Hong Kong, we are committed to offering innovative and compliant virtual asset products that prioritize regulatory compliance, fund security, and maximum protection for our clients’ digital assets. Through our collaboration with Cactus Custody™, an institutional-grade virtual currency custodian, we can effectively safeguard investors’ digital assets while developing the investment ecosystem for virtual assets. This partnership showcases Victory Securities’ determination to enter the global Web 3 arena and establishes a preliminary framework for our upcoming series of virtual asset products.”

Ms. Wendy Jiang, General Manager of Cactus Custody, stated, “We are proud to be the digital asset custodial partner of one of the oldest, fully licensed financial services companies in Hong Kong. Our partnership represents more than a collaboration between two powerhouses within their respective industries. It is a watershed moment that represents a big step forward in the collaboration between traditional finance and virtual asset industries to provide a scalable, compliant and secure solution for investors. Cactus Custody™ remains committed to working with compliant stakeholders to aid the sustainable growth of the Hong Kong virtual assets space.”

To date, Victory Securities has introduced various virtual asset products catering to different types of investors. It aims to launch cryptocurrency products that meet high regulatory compliance standards, leveraging the characteristics of blockchain technology in Web3 to offer truly secure opportunities for asset appreciation.

Hashtag: #VictorySecurities #Web3 #Bitcoin #Cryptocurrency #Finance

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About Victory Securities

Victory Securities (stock code: 8540.HK), with over 50 years of history, is a comprehensive full-licensed securities firm licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission, with regulated activities under Type 1, Type 2, Type 4, Type 6, and Type 9. Investors can enjoy Victory Securities’ comprehensive financial services, including Hong Kong and global securities trading, first and second market securities financing, corporate financing (capital markets and bond capital markets), wealth management in various fields. In 2023, Victory Securities became the first and currently only licensed entity in Hong Kong to hold virtual asset trading, advisory, and asset management service licenses issued by the Securities and Futures Commission.

About Cactus Custody™

Registered as a Hong Kong trust company (TCSP License Number:TC 006789), Cactus Custody™ is your trusted qualified custodian for digital assets. Built with enterprise-grade crypto management features and value-added financial services backed by cutting-edge system security design and infrastructure that cater for a wide range of business scenarios, Cactus Custody™ safeguards billions of dollars of digital assets for some the world’s largest mining companies, exchanges, funds and projects, supporting their growth in a secure and compliant manner.

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NetApp Turbocharges AI Innovation with Intelligent Data Infrastructure

NetApp announces simplified, secure, high-performing infrastructure in partnership with NVIDIA


SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 March 2024 – NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced new capabilities that maximize the potential of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) projects and build competitive advantage for users. Customers can now take their AI projects to the next level by combining NetApp’s intelligent data infrastructure with high-performance compute, networking and software from NVIDIA.

Gen AI has captured global attention for its potential to automate tedious tasks, uncover new insights, and drive product innovation. Nearly three out of four companies are already using Gen AI, according to the NetApp 2023 Data Complexity report. To unlock the potential of Gen AI, organizations need secure, high-performance access to data spread across complex hybrid and multicloud environments. NetApp has a long and successful history of expertise in supporting AI with solutions that deliver management simplicity anywhere data lives, provide high performance without requiring new infrastructure silos, and supply trusted, secure data to drive responsible AI.

“NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, with solutions optimized to maximize the potential of our customers’ AI investments,” said Arunkumar Gururajan, Vice President of Data Science & Research at NetApp. “Our unique approach to AI gives customers complete access and control over their data throughout the data pipeline, moving seamlessly between their public cloud and on-premises environments. By tiering object storage for each phase of the AI process, our customers can optimize both performance and costs exactly where they need them. Our unified approach delivers the performance, productivity, and protection customers need to quickly innovate with AI.”

To support companies leveraging Gen AI to improve their operations and strategic decision-making, NetApp released updates to its intelligent data infrastructure capabilities including:

  • NetApp AIPod™ is NetApp’s AI-optimized converged infrastructure for organizations’ highest priority AI projects, including training and inferencing. NetApp AIPod powered by NVIDIA DGX is now a certified NVIDIA DGX BasePOD solutions using NVIDIA DGX H100 systems integrated with NetApp AFF C-Series affordable capacity flash systems to drive a new level of cost/performance while optimizing rack space and sustainability. NetApp AIPod powered by NVIDIA DGX also continues to support NVIDIA DGX A100 systems.
  • New FlexPod for AI reference architectures extend the leading converged infrastructure solution from NetApp and Cisco. FlexPod for AI now supports the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform. FlexPod for AI can now be extended to leverage RedHat OpenShift and SuSE Rancher. New scaling and benchmarking have been added to support increasingly GPU-intensive applications. Customers can use these new FlexPod solutions as an end-to-end blueprint to efficiently design, deploy, and operate the FlexPod platform for AI use cases.
  • NetApp is now validated for NVIDIA OVX systems. NetApp storage combined with NVIDIA OVX computing systems can help streamline enterprise AI deployments, including model fine-tuning and inference workloads. Powered by NVIDIA L40S GPUs, validated NVIDIA OVX solutions are available from leading server vendors and include NVIDIA AI Enterprise software along with NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand or NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet, and NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs. NetApp is one of the first partners to complete this new storage validation for NVIDIA OVX.

“Gen AI is catapulting Asia Pacific enterprises to the vanguard of the impending technological revolution. To empower organizations in navigating today’s complex IT environment, NetApp is providing an intelligent data infrastructure that breaks down silos, fosters agility, and tailors optimization for AI applications,” stated Masahiro Waki, AI Business Lead for NetApp Asia Pacific. “Our pivotal partnerships with AI trailblazers such as NVIDIA also allow us to create sophisticated data pipelines for enterprises embarking on innovative AI ventures.”

To further enhance its AI leadership, NetApp also is announcing revolutionary new cyber-resilience capabilities including one of the first uses of AI/ML embedded in storage to fight ransomware. The new Autonomous Ransomware Protection with AI (ARP/AI) will provide the next generation of machine learning in ONTAP, giving the increased accuracy and performance required to detect and mitigate new, more sophisticated cyber threats.

“AI powers mission-critical use cases in every industry, from healthcare to manufacturing to financial services,” said Tony Paikeday, Senior Director of AI Systems at NVIDIA. “NetApp AIPod certified for NVIDIA DGX BasePOD provides a powerful reference architecture that helps enterprises eliminate design complexity, reduce deployment time frames, and simplify ongoing operations.”

“GenAI has massive potential to help organizations harness their data to uncover business insights and improve operational efficiency,” said Archana Venkatraman, Research Director, Cloud Data Management, IDC. “NetApp has continuously adapted to deliver the services and solutions customers need to effectively manage their data pipelines. These updates further illustrate NetApp’s willingness to evolve and bring innovations to customers that unlock the full potential of AI.”

NetApp delivers a unified approach to infrastructure and data management that eliminates data silos, brings enhanced performance and trusted data protection to customers’ AI turnkey solutions, and helps customers accelerate the time to results for their AI projects.

To learn more about the NetApp offerings to support Gen AI visit: www.netapp.com/artificial-intelligence/

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About NetApp

NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data services, and CloudOps solutions to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry’s best data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world’s biggest clouds, our data storage delivers seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and application agility. Our CloudOps solutions provide continuous optimization of performance and efficiency through observability and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realize your business possibilities. Learn more at or follow us on , , , and .

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NetApp Fights Ransomware in Real-Time with Built-In Artificial Intelligence on Enterprise Storage Along with Enhanced Cyber-Resiliency Solutions

Amid increasing ransomware threats, new capabilities expand NetApp leadership in providing the quickest response and recovery to cyber disasters


SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 March 2024 – NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced cyber-resiliency capabilities that will equip customers to better protect and recover their data in the face of ransomware threats. NetApp is one of the first to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) directly into enterprise primary storage to fight ransomware in real-time. The NetApp cyber-resiliency capabilities protect both primary and secondary data for organizations whether it is stored on-premises or in the cloud.

Cybercriminals are increasingly aiming ransomware attacks at critical infrastructure and supply chains where operational disruptions can cost millions of dollars, according to Forrester. As a result, 87 percent of C-suite and board-level executives ranked ransomware as a high, or the top, priority for their organization, according to the NetApp 2023 Data Complexity report. When cybercriminals breach perimeters, networks, and identities storage becomes the last line of defense for organizations’ most critical data. With the threat of ransomware looming, organizations need solutions that not only protect their data but also quickly recover lost data and return to normal operations. NetApp is updating its cyber-resiliency solutions and leveraging the power of AI to give customers confidence that their data will be safe and accessible when they need it.

“NetApp is taking an aggressive and proactive approach to protecting our customers’ data against cyber threats using artificial intelligence. We are the first storage vendor to explicitly and financially guarantee our data storage offerings against ransomware,” said Mignona Cote, CSO at NetApp. “Today, we are furthering that leadership with updates that make defending data comprehensive, continuous, and simple for our customers.”

NetApp is focused on designing data storage and management systems that maximize data protection and security while meeting data governance and compliance standards, with new updates that include:

  • ONTAP Autonomous Ransomware Protection with Artificial Intelligence (ARP/AI) will spearhead the next generation of real-time enterprise storage ransomware protection, giving increased accuracy and performance required to detect and mitigate new, more sophisticated cyber threats. NetApp pioneered autonomous real-time detection of ransomware directly in primary enterprise storage three years ago. Now, NetApp will be leading the charge to use adaptive AI/ML models built directly into enterprise primary storage to look at file-level signals in real-time to detect even the newest ransomware attacks with planned 99%+ precision and recall. NetApp will be offering the first technology preview of ARP/AI within the next quarter.
  • NetApp BlueXP Ransomware Protection, now in public preview, provides a single control plane to intelligently coordinate and execute an end-to-end, workload-centric ransomware defense. Customers can now identify and protect critical workload data with a single click, accurately and automatically detect and respond to a potential attack, and recover workloads within minutes, safeguarding their valuable data and minimizing costly disruption.
  • Application-Aware Ransomware Protection via NetApp SnapCenter 5.0 offers immutable ransomware protection for applications. SnapCenter will now apply NetApp’s leading ransomware protection technologies, previously used with unstructured data, to application-consistent backup. SnapCenter 5.0 includes support for key ONTAP features like tamperproof Snapshot copy locking, SnapLock protected volumes, and SnapMirror Business Continuity to enable more robust data protection for applications and virtual machines. SnapCenter 5.0 supports protection of applications on-premises with NetApp AFF, ASA, and FAS, as well as in the cloud.
  • NetApp BlueXP Disaster Recovery, now generally available, offers seamless integration with VMware infrastructure and provides storage options for both on-premises and major public cloud environments. This comprehensive solution eliminates the need for separate standby disaster recovery (DR) infrastructure, reducing costs. With NetApp BlueXP disaster recovery, failover and failback processes are simplified, allowing smooth transitions from on-premises VMware infrastructure to the public cloud or to an on-premises data center.
  • NetApp Keystone Ransomware Recovery Guarantee extends NetApp’s current Ransomware Recovery Guarantee to our leading storage-as-a-service offering, NetApp Keystone. With this guarantee, NetApp will warrant snapshot data recovery in the event of a ransomware attack. If snapshot data copies can’t be recovered through NetApp, we will offer compensation*.

“In today’s highly distributed IT environment, organizations in Asia Pacific must look beyond the traditional perimeter to strengthen their cyber resilience and disaster recovery capabilities,” said You Qinghong, Solutions Engineering Lead, Greater China, ASEAN and South Korea, NetApp. “NetApp’s data-centric, inside-out approach to cyber resilience embeds AI-driven protection directly into the storage infrastructure, providing defense at its most critical point – where the data resides, in owned data centers or anywhere in the cloud.”

“Today’s cybersecurity teams face the monumental task of protecting their companies’ data from ever-evolving threats, especially ransomware,” said Archana Venkatraman, Research Director, Cloud Data Management, IDC. “NetApp’s approach of delivering a secure, unified storage infrastructure makes storage foundational for ransomware protection and reduces the burden on cybersecurity teams. Companies looking to fortify their cyber resiliency and shifting protection left will increasingly look to vendors that take a secure-by-design approach and develop unified storage and data services.”

“Using NetApp in our Advanced Technology Center, we significantly simplified our replication process for VMware virtual machines and their underlying datastores to meet or exceed recovery benchmarks,” said Derek Elbert, Solutions Architect at WWT. “With NetApp’s solutions, we successfully established the recovery policies for cloud volumes workloads or virtual machines with no existing DR strategy, managing everything through NetApp BlueXP. This transforms how we operate disaster recovery for VMware.”

“To store sensitive genomics and health data, we have to use the right technology with layers of security built in,” said Mark Cowley, Deputy Director at Children’s Cancer Institute. “With NetApp, we can be very confident that we are sharing the right data only to authorized researchers. The last line of defense is your weakest web-based system, so we’ve implemented role-based access and added resilience to all of our tools.”

The latest cyber resiliency updates from NetApp empower organizations to proactively address cybersecurity threats in complex hybrid and multicloud environments, leveraging AI to identify threats and prevent disruptions to their operations.

To learn more about the NetApp cyber-resiliency offerings visit: www.netapp.com/cyber-resilience/

*Specific terms and conditions will apply. Customers must apply for coverage by the guarantee.

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Hashtag: #NetApp #CyberResilience #Ransomware #AI



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About NetApp

NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data services, and CloudOps solutions to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry’s best data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world’s biggest clouds, our data storage delivers seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and application agility. Our CloudOps solutions provide continuous optimization of performance and efficiency through observability and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realize your business possibilities. Learn more at or follow us on , , , and .

NETAPP, the NETAPP logo, and the marks listed at are trademarks of NetApp, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.