Southeast Asia

Good Start, Let’s Uberize Everything! Source: Getty Images It was just merely two years ago when service marketplaces were all the talk in town (I mean,...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Indonesian ecommerce platform Tokopedia just announced that it has secured a new funding round of US$1.1 billion, led by Alibaba Group. The confirmation came after...

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...

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...

According to Bloomberg, WeWork is pledging US$500 million to invest in markets of Southeast Asia and South Korea. As part of the initiative, WeWork...