The Hanoitimes – JD.com, Chinese second largest online retailer behind Alibaba, has made an investment in Vietnam’s leading B2C e-commerce firm Tiki.vn, expanding its Southeast Asia business amid growing competition. JD.com didn’t disclose the size of the investment but said that it would become one of the largest shareholders in Tiki after this deal, according to […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – The total labour force in November last year was 14.57 million people compared to 14.58 million in the previous month, according to a Statistics Department statement yesterday. The labour force participation rate in November last year fell 0.1 per cent to 67.9 per cent as compared to the previous month. Unemployment […]
Read MoreJaymart subsidiary J Ventures will become the country’s first SET-listed company to sell its own digital currency once it releases “JFin” through an initial coin offering (ICO) in March. The company hopes to acquire 660 million baht in the first phase of the 100-million-coin ICO, with a price of US$0.20 (6.40 baht) per coin. It […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) recently acknowledged the Philippine Payments Management Inc. (PPMI) as a partner in implementing the National Retail Payment System (NRPS), paving the way for the establishment of a more accessible and competitive financial system. In a circular, BSP Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. said the Monetary Board has […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE exporters ended 2017 on a muted note after a year of surging growth, with shipments coming in way below expectations in December. But for the whole of 2017, growth came in at its strongest pace in seven years on the back of robust global demand for tech products. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew 3.1 […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government is conducting data collection in order to formulate the rules of electronic commerce or e-commerce. Head of the Central Bureau of Statistics Suhariyanto said the data collection is targeted to be completed by the end of February 2018. “We hope the rough idea will be done at the end of February,” Suhariyanto said […]
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