eCommerce
Singapore leads global shopping-app install growth at 67%: Adjust
Southeast Asian markets were among the strongest performers worldwide for e-commerce app growth in the first half of 2026, led by Singapore, with installs of shopping apps in the city-state up 67 percent year-on-year.
Razorpay Curlec brings DuitNow Pay to Malaysian merchants
Razorpay Curlec has integrated DuitNow Pay, bringing participating Malaysian banks and e-wallets into a unified online checkout for merchants.
What repeated retail breaches reveal about the security behind the storefront
Repeated retail breaches across APAC show why identity governance, privileged access and non-human identities are becoming central to e-commerce security.
Tencent’s TenPay Global, ShopeePay jointly launch cross-border payment service in China for SE Asian users
TenPay Global, Tencent's cross-border payment platform, and ShopeePay, the digital payment arm of Singapore's Sea Ltd and associated with the e-commerce platform Shopee, have jointly launched a cross-border payment service connecting Southeast Asian users with merchants in China.
Carousell Malaysia adds SPX Express for label-less delivery at 1,000 service points
Carousell Malaysia, under Singapore-based recommerce platform Carousell, has added SPX Express as a delivery option on its marketplace, giving sellers label-free parcel drop-off at more than 1,000 SPX service points across West Malaysia.
Alipay launches agentic commerce platform in China to bring AI tools to merchants
Chinese payments and digital-services company Alipay launched China's first full-stack agentic commerce platform, giving merchants tools to move from digital operations to services run by AI agents, at a partner conference in Hangzhou.
White House Transshipment report names 9 of 10 ASEAN members, but no tier-1 risk
The White House's "The Great Transshipment Scam" report on illegal transshipment, released in August 2026, names nine of the ten ASEAN member states among the roughly 40 jurisdictions it identifies as part of a global "Shadow Transshipment Network."
Fast-fashion retailer SHEIN targets $35–40B valuation in Hong Kong IPO on $41.8B revenue
SHEIN, a global online fashion and lifestyle company, is targeting a valuation of $35-40 billion in its planned initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock market, analysts noted.
Malaysia remains Grab’s biggest revenue source with $622M in H1/2026
Malaysia remained Grab's biggest revenue source in the first half of 2026, generating $622 million as the Singapore-based superapp's total revenue climbed 23 percent year-over-year to $1.95 billion.
Maybank sees Shopee margins bottom and enter more sustained expansion phase
Maybank Investment Bank said Wednesday that Singaporean technology firm Sea's results and its management positive expectations have reinforcing its view that Shopee margins have bottomed and are entering a more sustained expansion phase.
