Banks: Fintech startups are your friends
Banks have the credibility, while fintech startups have the innovation – combine the two and you have a killer formula, says a senior banker. Via...
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#sowhoknew: Winners never quit and quitters never win…
Vince Lombardi one of the most successful coaches in the history of American Football, but he also had an uncanny knack of providing some of...
Carat lowers APAC growth rate for 2016 to 4.4%
Carat’s latest forecast for 2016 showed positive global outlook led by the continued investment in digital media spending. Growth in the Asia Pacific region by 4.4 per...
STW Group and WPP merge to create WPP AUNZ
STW Communications Group Limited, Australasia’s marketing content and communications group will officially merge with the Australian and New Zealand businesses of WPP plc following STW...
Dentsu Media gets new GM in the Philippines
Dentsu Aegis Network Philippines has officially appointed Jam de Guzman as General Manager for Dentsu media Philippines effective immediately. This is a newly-created role following...
Week in Review: Malaysia’s Khazanah shows its risk appetite
With its latest investment into Singapore’s Garena, the Malaysian Government’s VC arm Khazanah Nasional is making bets on late stage startups, writes Karamjit Singh. Via...
The lean and simple startup way
VMO founder and CEO Vincent Kok tells Lum Ka Kay how he is applying lessons learnt from working with two different startups. Via DNA
Mobile Marketing Compliance Violations Now Punishable By Death Via Steven Seagal
According to a government source speaking in confidence with MMW on Friday morning, violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by mobile marketers will...
Data use by publishers triples revenue in Q4 2015: Report
With the continuing shift towards mobile as the preferred device, data represents a powerful opportunity for publishers for monetising their apps. By 2020, about 90...
Ogilvy Group Australia names Head of Media
Ogilvy Group Australia has appointed Saurin Worthington to a newly created national role, as the agency looks to drive deeper collaboration between media strategy, creative...
Hootsuite acquires Sales Prodigy to revolutionise social selling
Hootsuite has acquired Sales Prodigy, a mobile app built to help sales organisations tap into social selling opportunities. With Sales Prodigy, Hootsuite customers can quickly...
ADARA launches new customer metric based on travel spending
ADARA, the global travel data platform, launched the ADARA Traveler Value Score, a new metric that measures the potential value of a customer based on their...
Will TM’s 100Mbps service excite consumers?
Telekom Malaysia has launched its 100Mbps Unifi plan that it hopes will allow customers to enjoy its service more than ever. But will they fork...
Celcom: We don’t want to be a dumb pipe
For ‘Big Three’ operator Celcom Axiata, the launch of its three new OTT services carries one simple message: ‘We don’t want to be a dumb pipe.’...
How to keep the spark in the client-agency marriage
A client-agency relationship is akin to being in a marriage in so many ways. On the surface, it is about two very different but complementary parties...
Dentsu Aegis Network acquires Darwin Marketing in China
Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired China based digital performance agency Darwin Marketing Limited (Darwin). Post-acquisition Darwin will be integrated with iProspect, doubling headcount and adding significant...
