What is Tokopedia doing in insurtech?
In a previous article, I talked about Indonesia's next ‘thing’ after fintech being insurtech, as well as the challenges players face to build it.
The...
Will Dana become “Alipay” in Indonesia?
In April 2017, Ant Financial announced to establish a joint venture together with Emtek to develop mobile payment products.
Emtek operates three Indonesian TV channels,...
Can Ant Financial afford to be complacent?
Both Ant Financial and Tencent have been jostling over the mobile payment space in China. It seems all the other players have been relegated...
Can Tencent match Ant Financial after $175 million investment in Philippine...
The main product of Mynt is e-wallet GCash
Voyager was founded in 2013, and owns e-wallet PayMaya, remittance service provider Smart Padala, lending platform Lendr,...
Chinese fintech lenders flock to the Philippines
We wrote towards the end of last year that Chinese consumer loan apps were flocking to Indonesia.
In July, Indonesia’s financial services regulator OJK...
Is it too late to invest in payday loan in Indonesia?
Excerpt: not yet too late, but be careful of the rumours
End of last year we wrote about Chinese payday loan companies entering Indonesia market....
Ant Financial is not only bigger than Goldman Sachs
Another company, which we wrote about a number of times, probably feels very bitter as well.
Translating the success of personal finance apps to SEA
Mint has achieved dominance in the North American markets. Can a similar model be replicated in SEA?
