How will New Retail impact Asia?
We had the opportunity to attend the “New Retail” Asia Forum from 16 – 17 January 2018. Focused on “customer-led omni-channel digital retail“, the event brought together 120 business leaders from different stakeholders in the retail environment with companies like P&G, Walmart, Tencent and Alibaba. CHECK OUT OUR 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE EVENT: 1.NEW RETAIL […]
[INFOGRAPHIC] How Will the BATX's Investments Impact Your Business in 2018?
Chinese tech giants have seen a blockbuster year of growth, acquisitions and investments. Commonly referred to as the BATX (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent & Xiaomi), the growth boom has been mainly led by Tencent and Alibaba, who have grown to US$527.5 billion and US$475.6 billion in market capitalisation respectively. Tencent had even managed to briefly overtake Facebook […]
[INTERVIEW] Change Bank wants finance to evolve and fintech aggregation is part of its plan
With the multiplication of Fintech startups, people have endless possibilities to pay, save, invest, exchange, transfer money etc. And always with greater efficiency and lower costs than traditional financial services. But that’s precisely the multiplication of Fintech services that creates a new problem Change Bank is trying to solve. Change Bank is a cryptocurrency wallet […]
[INTERVIEW] Discover how Policypal, the first graduate from the "Sandbox" in Singapore, is disrupting insurance
Insurtech, poised to disrupt the insurance industry, was one of the hot topics in corporate innovation in 2017. One startup from Singapore has been in the spotlight after graduating from the Singaporean regulatory sandbox : PolicyPal, an online platform for people to organize and understand their insurance policies, all in one place. The startup powered by […]
FUTURE OF CROWDFUNDING: ICO IN ASIA AND INDIEGOGO'S STRATEGIC MOVE
The Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) are token sales and have great similarities with Initial Public Offerings (IPO) for listed companies, except that ICOs are not subject to the same regulations as securities everywhere on the globe. Cryptocurrency ventures will issue a certain percentage of the tokens that represent the value of the underlying assets, accepting […]
Urban mobility: a tale of Ofo, Mobike, and deep investor pockets
Ofo is a leader in station-free bikes from China. Users can get a passcode directly from the app to unlock the bike, ride wherever they’re headed and lock the bike again. Now present in China, USA, UK and Singapore, the Chinese startup has recently announced a US$700m Series E funding led by Alibaba to extend […]
Fintech for financial inclusion: a 2 billion people market to tap in
From 13th to 17th of November, Singapore was thrown under the spotlight as the city-state hosted its second Fintech Festival. Bringing more than 7,000 people in 2016, this year’s edition has brought more than 25,000 people to the EXPO Convention Center in Singapore. Corporates, startups, experts, regulators and investors were invited to share and build […]
Join us at the Asia "New Retail" Forum 2018 in Singapore from 16 – 17 January!
“New Retail” – coined by Alibaba founder Jack Ma – refers to the transformation of retail by using technology and data to redefine the customer experience through offline and online integration. The impact of this is expected to be especially significant in Asia Pacific. According to PwC, the region can expect an annual growth rate of […]
Mini-Programs: Tencent and Alibaba's War for Consumers Stickiness
Ecosystem building is a central strategy in the success of the Chinese tech giants. Tencent has accelerated development into this space by launching Mini-programs to the public in January 2017 on its messaging app WeChat, quickly followed by Alibaba on mobile payment app Alipay. Originally called ‘app accounts’, they were renamed after Apple prevented WeChat […]
SHUIDI : la santé digitale nouvelle génération voit le jour au sein de WeChat
Shuidi est une startup chinoise combinant financement participatif et assurance santé. Disponible à l’intérieur de WeChat, l’application de messagerie à tout faire de Tencent, Shuidi met en relation des personnes n’ayant pas les moyens de régler leurs factures de santé avec des donateurs privés. Grâce à ce service, les donateurs peuvent faire des micro-dons et ainsi […]
