Category: Trends

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How Grab’s super-app advantage is reconfiguring insurance for the masses

Just shy of a year old, GrabInsure has already issued over 7 million policies in Singapore and Malaysia. Source link

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Minor Gojek, Grab investors head for the exit, but Gojek shares fetch a deeper discount

We dive deep into the opaque private secondary market, where Grab and Gojek shares are being traded. Source link

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Private exchanges could be the cheaper, faster alternative to an IPO

As companies stay private longer, private exchanges could provide much-needed liquidity events to longstanding shareholders. Source link

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New digital payments rules: a win for consumers, or the death of choice?

Could the new rules ultimately leave consumers worse off? Source link

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Why some medtech products fail to take off, despite rising healthcare spending

Commercializing medtech products remains a tough sell for startups like Mirxes, despite healthy investor interest and increased public health expenditure….

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Is there a future for incubator and accelerator programs in Indonesia?

Only about half of 16 incubator programs established since 2011 are active. Many are struggling to generate sufficient revenues. Source…

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Here are the trends to look out for in SEA’s vibrant ecommerce ecosystem in 2020

It may already be difficult to keep up with the pace of change in the region’s ecommerce scene, but growth…

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Confidence in SE Asian startups remains strong as funding tumbles, says VC

Tech investment in the region dropped to US$7.7 billion in 2019 from US$12 billion in 2018. Source link

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What’s driving the revival of Southeast Asia’s B2B ecommerce

The conditions may be ripe for a resurgence. Will business-to-business ecommerce companies get it right this time around? Source link

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As traditional banking slows, Thai banks future-proof by capitalizing on fintech

In the last three years, Thailand’s top four banks have allocated more funds to fintech investments than all of the…