Saturday, February 22, 2025

Southeast Asia’s ecommerce logistic headache: finally resolved?

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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!

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  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?

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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!

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There were a few times when i went to a gathering introduced myself as from the insurance industry, people would give me a sympathetic...

“But, we signed an NDA”

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A team from a developed country came to us the other day, with a business plan to build smart shared bicycles, similar to the...

Alipay is NOT launching a digital wallet in Singapore soon

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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?

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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

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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...

Softbank: the final winner of SEA ride-hailing war?

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US$2 billion  investment to Uber’s largest rival in SEA is the latest move by Softbank in the great war of ride-hailing. How far can...

China’s Mini KTVs land in Singapore

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Mbar, One of the leading operators of mini KTVs in China, has launched its business in Singapore. Mini KTVs are telephone-booth-like soundproof kiosks where people...

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