ShopeePay appeals to unbanked users with new TouchPay tie-up

Manila, Philippines – As more Filipinos adopt cashless payment methods, ShopeePay, Shopee’s in-app digital wallet, has partnered with local automated payment services provider, TouchPay, to add more options for shoppers to top up their e-wallets. With over 600 locations in the Philippines, ShopeePay users can add to their balance through...

Filipino shoppers trying e-commerce for the first time increase amid the pandemic: report

Manila, Philippines – Filipino consumer behavior during the pandemic has shifted to frequent use of e-commerce platforms and cashless payments systems, a new report from financial services Visa shows. In the Philippine-centric report, Visa noted that 52% of Filipinos shopped online through apps and websites for the first time during...

E-commerce platform Tokopedia unveils new feature for parents

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia’s e-commerce company Tokopedia has recently launched Tokopedia Parents, a special ecosystem in the platform where parents can browse essential products and obtain relevant content relating to households. The new feature was inspired by the increase in transactions in the Mom & Baby and Kids' Fashion (MBKF)...

Kumu sees new slew of ABS-CBN stars, artists streaming on platform

Manila, Philippines – Filipino-born live streaming platform Kumu sees a new wave of streamers on the platform, particularly artists and groups handled by ABS-CBN, one of the country’s largest media conglomerates. The newly birthed partnership between the two parties entails greater visibility for ABS-CBN’s artists and talents outside of mainstream...

TikTok now allows account users to reconsider, moderate comments

Singapore – Short-video platform TikTok has announced two new features that promote ‘kindness’ online and to create a safe and supportive environment in the platform. The first feature allows TikTok users to filter out comments by deciding which only appears in their public posts. With the new ‘Filter All’ feature...

airasia’s Muslim-friendly biz unit IKHLAS launches new e-commerce platform

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – IKHLAS, the Muslim-friendly business line under airasia, has announced a new e-commerce platform called ‘Shop with IKHLAS’ in response to the growing demand of Muslim customers in the online market. Through the platform, Muslim users can choose from a wide range of products from praying mats...

Grab PH partners with agri-social Zagana for ‘Salamat sa Ani’ initiative

Manila, Philippines – Ride-hailing platform Grab has partnered with Philippines’ agri-social enterprise Zagana to launch the ‘Salamat sa Ani’ initiative, a campaign that aims to provide more options for people to show gratitude to loved ones and frontliners, as well as to support local farmers through patronizing their products. The...

New campaign by Shopee, P&G aims to break gender stereotypes in household

Manila, Philippines – To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, Procter & Gamble (P&G) has partnered with Southeast Asia’s (SEA) e-commerce platform Shopee to launch its latest campaign, #ChallengeTheChores. The campaign aims to challenge gender stereotypes by promoting a sense of joint responsibility within the household and encouraging family members...

Gamers in APAC spend at least nine hours on online gaming: report

Singapore – Video game playing in the Asia-Pacific has risen to a new level, with consumers playing more than 9 hours of online games each week in 2020, a report by content delivery network company Limelight shows. According to the study, the sudden spike in gaming has been driven by...

About half of consumers across SEA are uninstalling shopping apps in 2020: report

Singapore – With more people relying on e-commerce during the pandemic, shoppers have also increasingly become more selective with the platforms they’re using, and in the Southeast Asia region, about half of consumers across markets were found to uninstall shopping apps, according to a report by e-commerce aggregator iPrice Group,...