EXCLUSIVE- Australia’s New Payments Platform and real-time payments trends in APAC
OpenGov speaks with Philippe Dirckx, Managing Director, SWIFT, Asia Pacific. We learn about Australias’s New Payments Platform and the future of cross-border payments.
UNICEF looking to invest in early stage start-ups developing software solutions on open blockchain
The Fund is interested in software solutions on open blockchains, related to smart contracts, data analysis, crypto-tokens, crypto-currency mining and other areas.
Singapore and UK to cooperate on cybersecurity capacity building
Under this MoC the two countries will cooperate to deliver
cybersecurity capacity building programmes to Commonwealth Member States for a
two-year period beginning September 2018. The UK will also actively participate
in Singapore’s ASEAN Cyber Capacity Programme (ACCP) that was launched in 2016.
Big data driven insights into tomorrow’s marketing environments
The team decided to look for new architectures that could handle the new volumes of data. About 30 criteria were identified for the new platform, ranging from depth and breadth of offering to support capabilities to price to unique distribution features. Hadoop and HBase quickly surfaced as a natural fit for Experian’s needs.
Developing a scalable data platform to support evolving IoT-based insurance propositions
The
resulting NGP enables Octo Telematics to store, process, and analyse data
generated by over 5.3 million drivers totaling 175 billion driven miles, and
that increases by over 11 billion additional data points daily. It also allows
for complete flexibility in the selection of sensors, analysis and output of
data for all insurance and automotive services.
Delivering personalised omni-channel customer experience through real-time analytics
The EDH delivered immediate value to
Western Union by supporting predictive analysis on structured and unstructured
data sets, at the time of transaction. Consequently, the company was able to
impact transactions in real-time and drive customer compliance in a way that
drove better conversions.
EXCLUSIVE – Transforming health systems through Data, Digital technology and Design – Part 2
Ms Tamsin Greulich-Smith, Chief of the Smart Health Leadership Centre, NUS-ISS, talks about how the Centre is applying the human-centric approach in an integrated care pilot project
EXCLUSIVE – Transforming health systems through Data, Digital technology and Design – Part 1
It is important not to lose sight of the humans who the technology is meant for, the patients, the doctors and nurses or caregivers in the community.
EXCLUSIVE – How the National Library of Australia is preparing for the digital age
OpenGov caught up with David Wong, Assistant Director-General of Information Technology and CIO at the National Library of Australia, to learn about the final stages of the program to replace the digital library infrastructure, and how the Library is building on the foundations laid by the program.
Singtel and Razer to create one of the largest connected e-payment networks in south-east Asia
Mobile wallet users of Singtel and its regional associates
will be able to access Razer’s e-payment merchant network of over a million
payment points, the zGold virtual credit system, and Razer’s full suite of
gamer-related digital services.
