I brought only ¥25 cash for a two week trip in...
Yes as the title suggested, I had only ¥25 cash in my pocket when I landed in the Western Chinese city of Chongqing to...
Clash of the titans in Thailand’s ecommerce scene
Last year, Thailand witnessed the entry and subsequent overhype of 11street – a company owned and invested by South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom....
The Razer question: what can you do with 10 million dollars?
Razer recently published an e-payment proposal summary, which includes committing S$10M to deploy a common cashless payment solution in Singapore, maybe Razer Pay, in...
Southeast Asia’s ecommerce logistic headache: finally resolved?
Whilst catching up with some friends running e-commerce businesses in the Philippines, we chatted about changes in the logistics - for a long time...
Abrupt disruption, this is just the beginning!
It is actually quite funny that while the whole world blamed the banks for 2008 financial crisis, they continued anyway to store money in...
Real implications of China’s ICO ban?
Ether’s price dropped sharply today, immediately after the Chinese Central Government announced they were banning Initial Coin Offerings(ICOs).
The drop wiped out millions of dollars...
Making insurance cool again!
There were a few times when i went to a gathering introduced myself as from the insurance industry, people would give me a sympathetic...
Alipay is NOT launching a digital wallet in Singapore soon
Many friends living in Singapore noticed this news today on both The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao:
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/alipay-inks-deal-to-expand-cashless-payment-acceptance-points-in-singapore
http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sme/news/story20170823-789329
According to the reporting (especially that on...
What is best ecommerce marketing channel in rural developing world?
I was having lunch with some friends in Dubai the other day, and one of the friends ran an e-commerce platform across a few...
Alibaba leads US$1.1 billion investment in Tokopedia
This would be a major setback for JD.com and Tencent for their effort to build a foothold in Indonesia, the fourth most populous country...
