Indonesia’s Bukalapak kicks off US$1.1 billion IPO, biggest in more than a decade

SINGAPORE: Indonesia’s Bukalapak launched an up to US$1.13 billion initial public offering ahead of next month’s listing, marking the country’s … More

Robinsons S’pore relaunching as online store on June 24, 2021

Robinsons Singapore is returning as Robinsons Online, a fully digital online department store that will launch on June 24, 2021. … More

Grab on mission to help small businesses navigate digital economy

It will launch programme aiming to raise visibility, traffic to their online shops next month KUALA LUMPUR : Grab Malaysia is … More

Indonesian unicorns to merge, creating tech giant

JAKARTA – Two of Indonesia’s most successful start-ups are to merge, the companies announced on Monday, creating the largest tech firm … More

The true cost of demand for cheap clothes, to you and the environment

It turns out that the fashion industry produces more carbon emissions than the airline and shipping industries combined. The programme … More

Gojek co-CEO Andre Soelistyo set to head Indonesian app giant after Tokopedia merger

Indonesia’s two most valuable start-ups are set to form a holding company called GoTo with three business units: Gojek, Tokopedia … More

PKR explores ‘healthier’ political funding system as it launches e-commerce store for party merchandise

KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysian opposition party Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) said it is aiming to create a healthier political funding system … More

Payment Startups Big Winners Of e-commerce Boom

They were little known before the pandemic, but startups in the flourishing digital payment industry are now worth a fortune … More

Amazon vs Reliance: Why are two of the world’s richest men in court?

A tussle over an Indian grocery company has pitted the world’s largest e-commerce business Amazon against India’s largest company Reliance. … More

Combating digital fraud with layered technology and analytic capabilities

SOUTHEAST Asia is seeing a rise in digital fraud. This is because advances in technology, including high speed internet, have … More

Lazada launches own RM44m stimulus package for SMEs

KUALA LUMPUR : Lazada Malaysia is channelling RM44 million into its second stimulus package or ‘Pakej Kedai Pintar 2.0’ to … More

The Broken windows theory

EVEN before Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s announcement of the new measures that the government would take to curb … More

Malaysian social ecommerce firm Poptron lands $1m in seed funding

Social ecommerce platform Poptron announced it has raised US$1 million of funding from a Nasdaq-listed company. Launched in September 2020, … More

Jack Ma: Everything you need to know about the ‘missing’ Chinese billionaire

Once the poster boy for a new generation of multi-billionaire Chinese business and tech leaders, Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s fortunes have taken a … More

Digitalisation 2020 & 2021: Catalysts, breakthroughs, future developments

ANALYSTS and pundits didn’t foresee COVID-19 coming in 2020 and that the virus will accelerate the digitalisation trend resulting from … More

Schoolboys set up online food platform to help retrenched aunt during pandemic

Primary school buddies and family friends Jishnu Maruthamutu, 12, and Rakhael Tanabalan, 12, are always glued to their laptops, even … More

268 alleged scammers and money mules under police investigation after islandwide operation

SINGAPORE : More than 250 people are being investigated for being alleged scammers or money mules following a two-week enforcement … More

Microsoft strikes a $100m investment deal with Bukalapak

Microsoft and Indonesian ecommerce unicorn Bukalapak have inked a partnership, announced the US-based tech titan, which has agreed to invest in Bukalapak … More