Chatbots and Insurance : Interview with the startup SPIXII
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Asia's Usage of Blockchain and Bitcoin: Insights from Vijay Ayyar, Head of Business Development at BitX
We had an interview with Vijay Ayyar, Head of Business Development at BitX, to explore how Asia is leveraging on Bitcoin and blockchain technology. BitX is a universal Bitcoin platform that provides highly secure mobile wallets, institutional quality exchanges, and various APIs for merchant and other business integration. The company started out building Bitcoin and […]
Recalibrating travel accommodation in India: Insights from OYO COO Abhinav Sinha
The problem in finding accommodation as a traveller in India is simple – the lack of predictability. Although many choices are available, there are often reports of standalone hotels providing substandard hospitality services when guests arrive at their doorstep. Think dilapidated buildings, leaking taps and shower heads, malfunctioning air conditioning, unavailability of card payment methods […]
What ex-LINE CEO Akira Morikawa says about the future of C Channel and the video communications industry
Few are able to accomplish what Akira Morikawa has done. In 2007, the ex-LINE CEO rose to the position in a mere 4 years since joining LINE. Previously known as Hangame Japan, Morikawa joined the LINE when it was plagued with minimal sales and a limited number of employees. The motivating story of how he […]
Sharing economy in Asia: interview with Jia Jih Chai, former Airbnb's director for Southeast Asia and VP of C2C commerce app Carousell
We had a chance to interview Jia Jih Chai, former Airbnb’s Managing Director for South-east Asia and currently in charge of growing social commerce and mobile commerce app Carousell internationally as VP. He shares his experience within Airbnb, the challenges he faced in the different Asian countries, as well as his ideas on the main sharing […]
On the tracks of Asia Innovation and Entrepreneurship Immersion Program
I assisted a very exciting workshop on Wednesday 13th of July at NUS Enterprise as part of the Asia Innovation and Entrepreneurship Immersion Program. This three-week program enables 60 students from NUS Business School, Tsinghua University and The Indian School of Business to understand the startup ecosystems of three cities – Singapore, Beijing and Hyderabad. […]
Mazars, an innovation challenge to kick-start the transformation of the company culture
When David Nosibor, Social Media Specialist at Mazars Paris, an audit/accounting consultancy company, resigned to look for a new adventure, he didn’t expect that Mazars would call him back one month later to become an advocate for innovation and kick-start the transformation of the company culture in Singapore. “I have been put in a […]
The growth of C2C eCommerce apps in Asia
C2C (consumer-to-consumer) eCommerce mobile applications are currently experiencing strong growth in Asia. They are extremely easy to use for the seller as for the buyer and allow anyone to become an entrepreneur, without paying a commission. These mobile and social successors of eBay represent a huge opportunity in a region with a large number of […]
The importance of partnerships : Interview with Simoun Ung, CEO at Philippine’s leading issuer of prepaid payment cards OmniPay
Simoun is the President & CEO of OmniPay, Inc., the Philippine’s leading issuer of prepaid payment cards and innovator for financial inclusion. We met Simoun during the event Cards & Payments in Singapore last April. He shares with Innovation Is Everywhere how OmniPay has become a major player in the Filipino payment scene by building successful partnerships. […]
How to bring the unbanked into financial Inclusion? Interview with Mayank Sharma, founder of cashless micropayment startup Nearex
Despite all the challenges involved in the financial inclusion of the unbanked population, Singapore-based Nearex has still managed to emerge as a startup with payment hardware specially geared towards the rise of micro-merchants. Its goal is to bring everyone into financial inclusion. It has successfully tested its products in developing countries such as Zimbabwe […]
