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  • Name change for AirAsia Group

    Name change for AirAsia Group

    As AirAsia’s holding company for the airline group has been officially renamed AirAsia Aviation Limited, a move that illustrates the ongoing transformation into a digital travel and lifestyle services group,

    Bo Lingam, who was formerly president (airlines) for the AirAsia Group, takes over as Group CEO of AirAsia Aviation Limited, overseeing the four airlines (AirAsia Malaysia, AirAsia Philippines, AirAsia Thailand, and AirAsia Indonesia).

    AirAsia Group Berhad (AAGB) is the investment holding company for the eight digital portfolio companies that leverage data and technology. AAGB’s portfolio includes AirAsia Aviation, the AirAsia Super App, cargo and logistics venture Teleport, BigPay financial services, the edutech arm AirAsia Academy, engineering company Asia Digital Engineering, ground services division GTR and the restaurant chain and food group called Santan.

    Group CEO of AirAsia Aviation Limited Bo Lingam said: “We have spent the past 18 months reviewing every aspect of the operation to ensure that our airlines will return stronger than ever before. In Malaysia, we already see huge pent-up demand for air travel since the government’s recent announcement of the resumption of interstate travel on 11 October. We are operating over 60 daily flights to 16 key leisure destinations, and more frequencies and routes will continue to be added in response to significant consumer demand.

    “Progress is also underway in our other airlines in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines as services are resuming in line with accelerated vaccination rates and the easing of travel restrictions in our key markets.”

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  • DBS Partners With Edutech Company To Enhance App

    DBS Partners With Edutech Company To Enhance App

    DBS has partnered with a local edutech to enhance its app-based management system with real-time payment features. Over 160,000 parents in Singapore will soon be able to purchase uniforms, pay for field trips and sign up for extra-curricular classes for their pre-school children through a mobile payment platform gateway developed by DBS. The bank has partnered with EduTech company, LittleLives, to enhance its app-based pre-school management system with real-time payment features.

    By building payments capabilities into the app, we have made banking invisible and seamless so pre-school operators can channel their energy and resources back into building their business, said Joyce Tee, Group Head of SME Banking at DBS Bank at the official launch of the app on Thursday, with Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung as the Guest of Honour.

    In Singapore, the early childhood education sector is still dependent on cash despite school fees being paid via GIRO or Child Development Accounts (CDA). For example, when paying for excursions, school uniforms or learning resources, parents often make payments using cash or cheques and the school then makes arrangements to pay third-party vendors.

    Eliminating these payment pain points is the first step in digitalizing payments in the early childhood education sector, DBS said. With payment functions built into the LittleLives app, pre-school operators can save up to 40 manhours per month on administrative tasks such as payments reconciliation, allowing them more time to engage with parents and their children.

    Used by over 750 pre-schools in Singapore, the Little Lives app can now enable pre-schools to generate invoices and parents to make payments through PayNow and DBS PayLah!. Receipts will be generated automatically after payments are made. With access to real-time payment reports such as daily settlement and auto-reconciliation, pre-schools can better manage their finances more accurately and securely.

    Many young parents are time-strapped and juggling multiple responsibilities at work and at home. By enabling parents to conduct payments on the go, quickly and safely, they have more time to nurture and care for their children, said Sun Ho, founder of LittleLives.

    DBS and LittleLives have plans to roll out this payments gateway to other markets such as Brunei, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, and Vietnam, by tapping on its the bank’s own API-enabled solution.

     

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