m-commerce

iPrice raises US$1.2mil, targets Series A next
iPrice Group said it has completed a US$1.2-million second seed funding round, and has now raised a total of US$1.75 million.
No other mobile marketplace has got it right: Zilingo
Bangkok-based e-commerce startup Zilingo aims to ‘correct the mobile shopping experience’ in Thailand by offering an online presence for small sellers.
C2C marketplace Shopee officially launches in Singapore
M-commerce marketplace Shopee, which has officially launched in its home market of Singapore, is planning to battle it out in the SEA C2C space, writes Benjamin Cher.
Singtel brings Lazada shopping into its m-payment app Dash
Singtel said it has expanded the merchant list on its mobile payment app Dash to include leading online retailer Lazada Singapore.
APAC outpacing rest of the world in mobile payments: IDC
Mobile payment growth in Asia Pacific is outpacing the rest of the world, and will make up half of the global market by 2017, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).
Visa’s CyberSource in SEA mobile payments pact
E-commerce payment management services provider CyberSource, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Visa Inc, has announced a partnership with South-East Asian payment network provider AirPay Co Ltd.
M-commerce: Singapore behind the SEA curve in shopping
Singapore mobile Internet users trailed behind their South-East Asian neighbours – including Vietnam – when it came to making a mobile shopping purchase in 2014, with only the Philippines faring worse, according to a MasterCard Mobile Shopping Survey.
Mobile, cross-device usage driving e-commerce purchases: Criteo
Mobile devices are now responsible for 34% of global e-commerce transactions, while mobile commerce (m-commerce) accounted for 27% of all e-commerce in South-East Asia, putting the region at a similar level to Spain and Italy, and right behind the United States, according to Criteo.
1 in 4 Singapore consumers willing to share DNA … no, really!
Most Singaporean consumers using mobile banking applications want their mobile devices to instantly recognise them via biometrics such as fingerprint and voiceprint, instead of having to prove who they are with passwords and usernames.
Click fraud threatens m-commerce boom: BuzzCity
As m-commerce continues to gain momentum and more brands are turning to mobile advertising, the dominant CPC advertising model can be subject to fraudulent clicks, BuzzCity warned.
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