The Reign of Peng: Is Lucy what Lazada needs?
What started off as Alibaba’s trojan horse in Southeast Asia has now...
Alipay vs WeChat: Challenges and strategies of two payment giants going global
In Southeast Asia, WeChat faces a typical chicken vs. egg problem for attracting...
Southeast Asia is the next proxy battlefield for Chinese Tech
Southeast Asia, with a huge population of more than 600 million and also a...
Ant Financial is raising US$3B in debt to fund M&A deals: Bloomberg
The news comes right on the heels of its first acquisition in a US-listed...
Alipay apologises for ‘Circles’ function that led to risqué chat groups
The feature would allow people to post pictures of scantly clad women in...
Alibaba is a mobile company; and this Singaporean startup is keeping it secure
V-Key is an under the radar startup in Singapore, with US$16 million in funding...
Ant Financial enters Southeast Asia with investment into Thailand’s Ascend Money
The investment is Ant Financial’s second investment globally; after its...