[Webinar] Are the BATX (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi) the new GAFA?
Chinese tech giants are growing dramatically and spreading. Mainly composed of Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi, the BATX are the Chinese twins of GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple, respectively). Not very publicized in the West, these giants are indeed on all fronts in China and expect to go international. The BATX now revolutionize almost all industries. Financial services, transport, health, home automation, retail, everything goes. The BATX grew in the shadows, in part due to the « Great Firewall, » which drove Facebook and Google off the Chinese Internet, which allowed the emergence of these local twins.
Must-go tech conferences for business transformation leaders in 2018
CES, SXSW and GMIC, do you recognise any of these terms? If you do not recognise them, do not worry, we’re here to help! These terms are short for some of the best tech conferences worldwide that enable leaders to engage in business transformation. As we shared previously in our guide to fostering innovation within […]
APAC's Banks Collaborate to Advance Blockchain Technologies
Recently, a consortium of banks in Asia – Singapore-headquartered OCBC Bank, UK-headquartered HSBC Bank and Japan-headquartered Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) – collaborated with one of Singapore’s government agencies, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), to successfully launch Southeast Asia’s first Know-Your-Customer (KYC) blockchain. Interactions between the stakeholders involved were key to the project’s success […]
WHAT’S UP EN ASIE ? FINTECH
Découvrez les startups asiatiques qui ont décidé de révolutionner les services financiers ! (Pour plus de startups et tendances, découvrez notre magazine mensuel sur la transformation digitale du secteur financier et des assurances) [button link= »https://innovationiseverywhere.com/iev-premium-fintech-fr/ » color= »silver » newwindow= »yes »] PROCUREZ-VOUS UN EXEMPLAIRE GRATUIT ![/button] Omise, au secours des e-commerçants en Asie du Sud-Est Omise est une startup thaïlandaise visant […]
Payment is the heart of the growth strategy for Asian tech giants
Most Asian unicorns, whether they are messaging apps, e-commerce platforms, gaming platforms or transport apps, are entering Fintech by tackling the lucrative mobile payment market, hoping to benefit from a major advantage: a large base of loyal users. Asian unicorns, often backed by venture capital, know that the integration of a payment system is the […]
POURQUOI L'ASIE EST-ELLE AU CENTRE DE L'INNOVATION FINTECH ?
La FinTech (raccourci de Financial Technology) est en plein essor à travers le monde entier, avec un rythme particulièrement effréné en Asie. Comment le Far East est-il devenu un centre de l’innovation Fintech (au détriment notamment de la si célèbre Silicon Valley) ? Voici une liste (non-exhaustive) des raisons d’un tel engouement : – Les systèmes bancaires […]
[Webinar] China is eating the world – Are you ready?
Between the 27th of April and the 1st of May, The Global Mobile Internet Conference was taking place in Beijing. Organized by GWC, the GMIC is a global platform that connects innovators worldwide. Since its first edition in 2009, GMIC has become a must-attend event for companies, industry professionals and technology enthusiasts. This year, China’s largest tech conference attracted around 40,000 innovators from 60 countries and […]
The Government Is The New Startup In India
One seldom associates the terms ‘innovation’ and ‘disruption’ with the government of a country. However, the government has taken on the role of a startup in India. The platform responsible for the greatest degree of market disruption is a project backed by the Indian government named the India Stack. The Government as a Startup in […]
Singapore's "Disrupt Yourself First" Strategy for Fintech Innovation
Fintech (short for ‘financial technology’) has seen massive growth in Singapore, rising from just 18 fintech startups in 2015 to more than 300 today. That’s an increase of over 1600% over the last two years! Hence, it is no surprise that Singapore is currently leading the fintech wave in Southeast Asia; which coincides well with […]
Empowering FMCG Companies and Kirana Stores : Indian startup Snapbizz Gives Real Time Insights on Customers Behaviour
As a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company in emerging economies such as India, one faces two key problems. The first problem is product visibility. In India, small retail stores (often referred to as kirana stores) are concerned about how their products are shown to and thus perceived by customers. This is important for an FMCG […]
