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From shopping to gaming: ShopBack sees over 30% growth in FY 2026

(From left) ShopBack chief product officer Justin Lee, and co-founder and head of expansion Josephine Chow joined the rewards platform in its early years and helped grow the start-up to a regional business.
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Joel Leong, a co-founder of ShopBack, says: “We keep doing new things, new things that refresh what ShopBack is, and that’s what makes it exciting for us.”

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Chinese e-commerce giants have been coy about actual sales. Both Alibaba Group and JD.com did not disclose sales figures for this year's Singles' Day shopping season.

Singapore e-commerce players report strong Singles’ Day sales

Indonesian tech company GoTo is preparing to launch a BNPL product with social media platform TikTok.
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‘Buy now, pay later’ is not dead

ShopBack's Singapore headquarters in Pasir Panjang. The company approached its headcount reductions by “redesigning from scratch a reorganised and lean organisational structure” that would enable it to deliver on its strategy for sustainable growth, its chief executive Henry Chan said in a note.

ShopBack cuts 195 employees in push for sustainability

ShopBack says it will discontinue PayLater, its "buy now, pay later" service, from Mar 22.

ShopBack the latest player to sound retreat from ‘buy now, pay later’

ShopBack gives its customers a fraction of their money spent each time they shop with its partner merchants.

ShopBack feels the pinch as voucher revenue dips 50% in FY23

Gross merchandise value for China’s e-commerce platforms has increased only 2 per cent for the 11.11 sales day this year, based on estimates from data provider Syntum.

Singles’ Day sales up in Singapore ahead of GST hike

Micro-retailers mostly find electronic payments to be convenient: fast, simple, and with the funds going directly into their accounts.

Heartland businesses go cashless, but teething problems remain