e-commerce
Indonesia’s GoTo gets cash injection from Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund
Indonesian e-commerce giant GoTo will receive $400 million from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the sovereign wealth fund of the emirate of Abu...
Foodpanda now covers all of Laos as first food delivery platform in the country
Food and grocery delivery company Foodpanda has announced a nationwide coverage in Laos, a landlocked nation of about 7.3 million people in Southeast Asia,...
Indonesia to combat product piracy and counterfeits with new protection framework
Southeast Asia’s largest economy Indonesia is striving to develop an efficient and effectively enforced intellectual property (IP) ecosystem to stop rampant piracy and counterfeit...
Alibaba, Brunei invest in Singapore logistic firm Ninja Van
Singapore-based logistics startup Ninja Van has raised $578 million in a new funding round backed by China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and the Brunei...
Indonesians quickly adopt digital payments, study shows
A new study has found that Indonesians are increasingly using digital channels for all sorts of payments, including online shopping, food order, bills payment,...
AirAsia Launches Food Delivery Services in Thailand
A new player appears on Thailand's food delivery market
Malaysia’s budget airline group AirAsia on August 18 launched...
Vietnam wants digital economy to account for one fifth of GDP by 2025
Vietnam has set itself a goal that the digital economy should represent 20 per cent of gross...
Online car portals merge to largest auto marketplace in Southeast Asia
Malaysia's used car online platform Carsome Group is teaming up with its competitor, Kuala Lumpur-headquartered and Australia-listed...
Malaysian online car sales platform plans stock listing in the US
Malaysian used car online platform Carsome is considering an initial public offering (IPO) in the US in...
E-commerce logistics startup becomes Thailand’s first unicorn
Thailand’s logistics services provider for e-commerce, Flash Group, after successful funding rounds has become the country’s first...
Vietnamese startup brings e-commerce to small cities and rural areas
Newly launched social commerce company Mio is taking advantage of the fact that despite Vietnam has one...
Alibaba makes first investment in Vietnam, buys stake in retail chain
VinMart's 2,900 mini stores and 130 supermarkets will become pick-up joints for online shopper on Alibaba's Lazada
China’s...
Gojek, Tokopedia merge in joint company, create $18-billion tech giant
Gojek co-CEO Andre Soelistyo (left) will lead GoTo, William Tanuwijaya remains Tokopedia CEO
Indonesian ride-hailing and e-commerce...
AirAsia launches e-commerce portal for beauty products
Beauty channel on AirAsia's "Super App"
With not many people flying nowadays, Malaysia’s budget airline AirAsia is widening...
Gojek, Tokopedia merge to new Southeast Asian e-commerce giant GoTo
New e-commerce giant GoTo plans stock listing in US and Indonesia
Two of Indonesia's largest e-commerce companies, ride-hailing...
Gojek crosses 200,000-driver mark in Vietnam
The number of motorbike taxi drivers riding for ride-hailing firm Gojek Vietnam has crossed the 200,000-mark, with...
Gojek, Tokopedia to create new Southeast Asian e-commerce giant
A new e-commerce giant is in the making
Indonesian ride-hailing and payments company Gojek and the country's leading...
Singapore’s street food vendors rapidly adopt digital payments
Singapore's hawkers go digital
More than half of Singapore’s hawker stalls now offer e-payments, with transactions in January...
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Union Bank named preferred bidder for Citibank’s Philippine assets
Union Bank of the Philippines has been named as preferred bidder by Citibank for the latter’s consumer banking division in the Philippines, Bloomberg News...
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Malaysia completes spire of world’s second-tallest tower
Malaysia on November 30 completed the spire of the Merdeka 118 tower in Kuala Lumpur, which will become the world’s second-tallest skyscraper at 678.9...