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Sources: Shopee to debut in Europe with Poland launch
Sea Ltd’s Shopee is preparing to launch in Poland and is currently recruiting sellers, two company sources with knowledge of the matter told journalists.
Singapore’s Shopee changes the game in Brazil’s e-commerce sector
Shopee took just two years to become Brazil’s most-downloaded shopping app, winning users to its low-cost marketplace with its game-changing approach to e-commerce: in-app mi...
EdTech platform Emeritus raises $650 million from SoftBank, Accel, others
Emeritus, an EdTech platform used by some of the world’s top universities and other educational institutions for online courses, has said it raised $650 million in a funding round ...
TikTok tells employees to return to office for three days a week
Popular short-video app TikTok has told its employees that some will be offered the option to work remotely for up to two days a week after they return to office, according to an i...
UK and Singapore launch talks on digital trade agreement
This coming week, the United Kingdom and Singapore are due to start negotiations on a new digital trade agreement that could remove barriers, part of London’s push to become ...
Singapore tells Facebook, Twitter to carry correction notice on virus strain
Singapore on Thursday ordered Facebook and Twitter to carry a correction notice to users of the social media platforms in the country over what it says is a false statement about a...
TikTok names ByteDance CFO Shouzi Chew as new CEO
TikTok appointed Shouzi Chew, a Singaporean national, as the new Chief Executive Officer of the hot video-sharing platform, the company has said.
Grab to go public in world’s biggest $40 billion SPAC merger
Grab Holdings, the largest ride-hailing and food delivery firm in Southeast Asia, clinched a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Altimeter Growth Corp securing a valuat...
Singapore to accept COVID-19 digital travel pass from next month
Singapore will next month accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for COVID-19 tests and vaccines, its aviation regulator said on Monday, becom...
Facebook, Google plan new undersea cables between Southeast Asia and America
Facebook has said it planned two new undersea cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia and North America in a project with Google and regional telecommunication companies to boost in...
Google payments chief quits after 15 years at company
Caesar Sengupta, the head of the search platforms payment initiatives, announced on Monday that he was leaving the company next month, after 15 years.
Hiring rapidly, US FinTech Stripe plots Asia expansion
US digital payments player Stripe intends to expand throughout Asia, including in Southeast Asia, Japan, China and India, after boosting its employees in the area by 40 percent to ...
Singapore’s PM in court for defamation suit against blogger
Singapore’s PM arrived at court on Tuesday to get a case in which he’s suing a blogger for sharing an online article linking him to Malaysia’s 1MBD state fund mon...
Singtel shares jump as company picks insider as new CEO
Shares in Singapore Telecommunications jumped by the largest amount in four weeks following Southeast Asia’s main telecoms business appointed an insider as its new Group CEO ...