Lippo continues e-commerce push with payment service
Indonesian conglomerate also plans to launch chat and other online services early next year
Jakarta
INDONESIAN conglomerate Lippo Group plans to launch payment, chat and other online services early next year as it continues expanding in the nascent e-commerce industry of the world's fourth-most populous country, a senior executive told Reuters.
Lippo has already earmarked US$500 million for a new online department store, and investment in services planned for the first quarter of 2016 will be on top of that, director John Riady said on Wednesday.
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