Indonesia

Ant Financial, Ant Group, Jack Ma, Alibaba

Jack Ma’s fintech giant Ant: a brief history of its Southeast Asia empire building

Here’s what Ant Group (formerly Ant Financial) has done so far.

China’s iQiyi ramps up Southeast Asia expansion

Netflix battle means better localization needed, it says.

Payfazz gets $53m funding for network of mobile money agents

It's like Venmo, but with an Indonesian twist.

massage, masseur,

No more at-home massages for you as Gojek adapts to new normal

Job losses hit 430 people (about 9% of workforce) at Gojek.

Y Combinator graduate Shipper gets series A funding

Indonesian startup wants to make life easier for online merchants.

Ajaib

Building a fintech empire, Indonesia’s Ajaib adds stock-trading

The startup aims at millenials who’ve never invested before.

Grabmerchant, grab retail, Grab stores

Grab wants to be the future of retail

With its new GrabMerchant marketplace, shops will be more online than ever before.

Gojek’s GoPlay gets funding for streaming battle

Indonesia’s Netflix rival wants more originals.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

Facebook invests in Gojek

Facebook and WhatsApp want to "serve small businesses" with this Gojek deal.

GoBear adds $17m to pot to grow its financial marketplace app

Financial services app continues Southeast Asia growth.