B2B

Retail Asia23/02/2022

According to statistics for Buy2Sell’s Google Analytics in 2021, the platform recorded over half a million visits and 140,000 registered users. In 2020, the platform reached about 400,000 visits and 56,000 registered users. In two years, it has recorded one million hits and more than 200,000 registered users. According to Buy2Sell’s importation data for the […]

Retail Asia30/11/2021

Singapore-based YouTrip aims to scale its product offerings, including venturing into the B2B payments space, and accelerate its expansion across Southeast Asia. YouTrip has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round driven by returning investors from major Asian family offices and prominent financial technology investors, bringing its total funding since launch to $60 million, […]

Retail Asia23/09/2021

The Singapore-based startup has secured one of the largest Series A funding rounds to date in the country, which will allow it to expand in Southeast Asia. Spenmo has announced a $34 million raise in a Series A investment round led by New York-based private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, according to a statement […]

Retail Asia23/08/2021

Xiaomi-backed Tiger Brokers is expanding its reach into the institutional segment with the launch of a business-to-business (B2B) platform. Tiger Brokers is partnering Singapore-based financial advisory firm PFPFA as it launches a B2B platform for institutional partners, the company announced on Friday. Under the partnership, PFPFA clients will have direct access to Tiger’s online brokerage and platform, which […]

Retail Asia16/03/2021

Nokia has today announced that it will conduct a 5G Business-to-Business (B2B) digital platform trial for LG Uplus. Once deployed, the platform will allow LG Uplus to reduce time-to-market for launching 5G-powered services to its enterprise and business vertical customers. The platform will also enable LG Uplus to address new business segments, including Industry 4.0, […]

Retail Asia08/10/2020

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Visa, the world’s leading digital payments technology company, has teamed up with Stripe, a technology company that builds the economic infrastructure for the internet, to introduce a new set of solutions to help businesses pay and be paid on time. The new solutions will be on the Visa Payables Automation platform, which allows buyers to […]

Retail Asia14/05/2020

B2B e-commerce platform Nuorder is launching a virtual showroom service for brands to showcase products via an immersive online experience. About 40 percent of NuOrder’s sales of around US$1 billion per month come from markets outside North America and a spokesperson told Inside Retail Asia that Asia is a standout growth market for the company. […]

Retail Asia09/04/2020

Harbour & Hills has made a strategic acquisition that will allow it to facilitate USD and other major currencies’ payments to China. Harbour & Hills Financial Services (H&H) has acquired a controlling stake in Global Envoi, a payments processor with strong capabilities in clearing payments to China, the Hong Kong-headquartered B2B payments service provider announced on […]

Retail Asia21/01/2020

DBS helps further propel Singapore’s cashless movement by introducing quick response code-based payments for the business-to-business segment. The bank hopes to boost payment speeds and is piloting the solution first in the F&B industry – a sector with limited penetration with nine out of 10 payments still being made through cash or bank transfers, according […]

Retail Asia22/04/2019

Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido on Sunday become the world’s first multinational cosmetic company to open a dedicated office in Hangzhou to work with Alibaba Group and co-create products specifically tailored for Chinese consumers. The Shiseido and Alibaba office, within walking distance of the Alibaba Xixi headquarters, will house a team of around 20 Shiseido employees […]

Retail Asia17/10/2018

Visa announced Kasikornbank is the first Thai financial institution to join the Visa B2B Connect pilot program. Visa B2B Connect is a new platform that Visa is developing to give financial institutions a simple, fast and secure way to process cross-border business-to-business payments. The pilot is currently in the Bank of Thailand Regulatory Sandbox. Kasikornbank […]

Retail Asia04/04/2018

The cross-border B2B money transfer market is ripe for disruption, as new technologies and legislative changes redefine traditional banking practices across the globe, according to Juniper Research. Cross-border B2B transactions will exceed $218 trillion by 2022, up from $150 trillion in 2018, the company predicts. Disrupting traditional cross-border B2B transactions B2B Money Transfer: Cross-border Market Opportunities […]

Retail Asia25/10/2017

Dropee, a local based technology start-up, today launched the full release of its B2B marketplace and introduced a new web interface to further streamline trading between suppliers and retailers. Prior to the full release, Dropee was running on beta since early this year. Unlike previously, current Dropee is able to support any number of suppliers […]

Tag: B2B

B2B e-commerce platform Buy2Sell reaches 1 mln hits

Multi-Currency Wallet YouTrip to Grow B2B Offerings

B2B Payments Firm Spenmo Receives Funding for Regional Build-Out

Online Brokerage Launches B2B Platform

Nokia and LG Uplus to test 5G B2B digital platform in South Korea

Visa expands acceptance of B2B payments using Stripe Connect

NuOrder launches virtual showroom as Asia sales surge

Hong Kong Fintech Launches B2B Payments Gateway to China

DBS Launches QR-Based B2B Payments

Shiseido and Alibaba Collaborating to Please Chinese Customers

KBank-Visa to pilot blockchain based B2B payments

Fintech transforming B2B money transfer market

Dropee Launches Full Release of its B2B Marketplace with a New Web Interface