Tuesday, November 5

Tag: Southeast Asia

Using This Service, You Can Send Multiple Currencies in One Click
2Jan By AnkitaNo Comments
Story

Using This Service, You Can Send Multiple Currencies in One Click

InstaReM, Southeast Asia’s leading money transfer service, has introduced a new feature to its money transfer platform that enables Small & Medium Business (SMB) users to make payments in multiple currencies in one go. Businesses making regular payments overseas to vendors, suppliers and service providers, can now do so more quickly, transparently and at Zero-Margin FX Rates with InstaReM. Until recently, the business customers making multiple payments had to set up individual transactions for each payment and execute them one by one, requiring additional time and effort. With the ability to set up multiple transactions in one go, a business user can now make transfers to multiple beneficiaries in multiple currencies at the click of a button. There are no setup fees or month...
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San-Francisco based Pinterest Prepping up for Global Expansion
26Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments
BUSINESS

San-Francisco based Pinterest Prepping up for Global Expansion

San-Francisco based web and mobile application Pinterest is looking forward for global expansion and is eyeing India and Southeast Asia next. The USA unicorn valued at over $12 billion allows users to create virtual pinboards and discover information on the World Wide Web. The platform currently claims to have 250 million monthly active users, half of them outside the US. Almost 80% of the company’s new users are from international markets. “Last few years, we have focused on South America, Western Europe and a bit on Japan. This year we are increasingly thinking about Southeast Asia, India and other parts of the world we haven’t serviced,” co-founder Evan Sharp stated. Pinterest has launched seven offices in international markets. Along with this, it had also introduced the Hindi lan...
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OYO to Invest US$20 Million to Fuel its Malaysian Expansion
30Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments
BUSINESS

OYO to Invest US$20 Million to Fuel its Malaysian Expansion

India’s largest budget hotel network and hospitality chain, OYO Hotels is gearing up to expand its operations in Malaysia and has committed an initial capital of US$20 million for the expansion. The company has plans to expand its Malaysian team from 50 to 500 employees where the leadership and employees will comprise of Malaysian locals. Commenting on the recent development, Abhinav Sinha, chief operating officer, OYO Hotels said, OYO plans to create more than 5,000 new jobs in Malaysia over the next few years, and achieve “twenty-fold increase” by onboarding 1,000 hotels over the next 12 months. We are looking to expand into Sarawak, adding on to the list of 50 hotels it has across major cities in Malaysia, including Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Langkawi, Johor and Melaka. According to Sin...
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Google to Invest $500 Million in Chinese E-commerce Giant
18Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments
FUNDING

Google to Invest $500 Million in Chinese E-commerce Giant

The biggest multinational tech company Google announced on Monday that it will invest an amount of $500 million in Chinese second largest e-commerce platform called JD.com. Both the companies have mentioned this funding as an association that will help in the promotion of JD.com products on Google’s shopping service. In return for the funds, Google will receive more than 27 million newly issued Class A ordinary shares of JD.com at an issue price of $20.29 per share. This would also be helpful for the Chinese company to expand its existence beyond China and Southeast Asia to other markets in the US and Europe. "This partnership with Google opens up a broad range of possibilities to offer a superior retail experience to consumers throughout the world," stated Jianwen Liao, JD.com's chief...
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