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The gold rush in Indonesian payday loan market – Part 1
In a recent Fintech investor brief in Singapore, where more than 50 investors participated, almost nobody was aware of the huge gold rush that...
Lazada squeezes the likes of Ezbuy out in Southeast Asia
We have always been arguing that with the giants such as Alibaba, Lazada and JD.com entering the Southeast Asian market, smaller e-commerce platforms will...
MBar (Mini KTV) entering Singapore
Not long ago, M-Bar, a mini karaoke service wildly popular in China, made its inroads to Singapore.
The concept of mini karaoke is simple...
Brands losing their grip in ecommerce era – or are they?
E-commerce has grown to be a powerful distribution channel for goods, and I believe it will continue to grow in weight and influence in...
Mobile payment in Southeast Asia – overview and trends – Part 3/3
Who owns the future? The governments or the internet giants (or someone else)?
In the first two parts of this analysis, we discussed why we...
Mobile payment in Southeast Asia – overview and trends – Part 2/3
Plausible and implausible use cases for payment adoption in Southeast Asia
In Part 1, we discussed why we couldn’t exactly replicate Alipay and Wechat in...
Mobile payment in Southeast Asia – overview and trends – Part 1/3
Can someone replicate the success of Wechat Pay or Alipay?
Our Chinese entrepreneur friends believe that the low penetration of banking services in South...
Twitter’s problem is not 140 vs. 280, but failure to expand horizontally
Big news that Twitter is experimenting expanding size limit of each tweet from 140 characters to 280 characters.
This is entirely missing the point
Twitter’s problem...
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....
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...