Unique battle between international and local convenience stores in Indonesia
Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s most populous market. Yet there is something peculiar you will notice while walking down the streets. It is the glaring...
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...
Go-Jek, Bukalapak, Shopee: Growth Hack tricks by Giant Indonesian Startups
The advantage of growth hack is not only to keep your product sustainable but to attract consumers by decreasing cost of user acquisition and increasing consumer retention - Low Budget with High Impact. Some startups in Indonesia like the unicorns Gojek, Bukalapak, and Shopee practise growth hack method as well to grow their business.
Indonesia reduces ecommerce duty free allowance
From 10 Oct 2018 onwards, the duty free allowance for ecommerce imports has been reduced from US$100 to US$75 per consignee per day. The...
Two sides of Singapore: innovation advantages and challenges
Singapore also welcomes start-ups as they represent new sciences, technologies, and products. Entrepreneurship and technological progress are important from the government's perspective.
The government has...
The Rise of LINE messenger in Indonesia
At one point in time, Indonesians were the most frequent users of BBM (previously BlackBerry Messenger) in the world:
Source: SimilarWeb 2016
And BBM was...
Tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia needs Tech in Asia
The region's tech ecosystem is still in its early days, there will be more and more demand for good content.
The rise of Indonesia’s modern concept of coffee shops
Last week we wrote about how young Indonesians love going to the Cinemas which makes it a great customer acquisition channel. This week we...