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Singapore e-commerce players report strong Singles’ Day sales

Major platforms decline to disclose overall numbers or year-on-year comparisons, but grocery and travel-related sales see growth

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

Key players have retreated, but BNPL remains a growth engine in large marketplaces

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

TEMASEK-BACKED cashback and rewards platform ShopBack has reduced its employee headcount by 24 per cent, or 195 roles, “to become more focused and self-sustainable as a company”.

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’

LOYALTY platform ShopBack has announced that it will be discontinuing its “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) service, PayLater.

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

SHOPBACK Group, a Singapore-based cashback and rewards platform, posted US$87.7 million in revenue for the financial year ended March 2023, a 20 per cent year-on-year decline.

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

SINGAPORE shoppers seeking to beat a Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike next year may have boosted the Singles’ Day sales figures of e-commerce platforms, although consumer spending across categories w...

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

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"Organisations cannot place sole reliance on their employees to perform their duties properly as a security arrangement to protect personal data," says the Personal Data Protection Commission.

ShopBack fined S$74,400 for breach of data of over a million users

ECOMMERCE Enablers, which operates the online shopping service platform ShopBack, was fined S$74,400 for its failure to safeguard users’ personal data. 

ShopBack’s co-founders Henry Chan (left) and Joel Leong will see their rewards platform receive a US$30 million investment from Westpac

Westpac to invest US$30 million in ShopBack

AUSTRALIAN bank Westpac will invest US$30 million in Singapore-based rewards platform ShopBack, the bank said on Thursday (Dec 8).

ShopBack's Singapore headquarters in Pasir Panjang has over 220 employees  and can house up to around 250 staff.

ShopBack seeks edge in financial services, adds over 300 staff in last 6 months

SINGAPORE-BASED ShopBack, which made its way up in the startup world with its cashback app, is looking to expand deeper into financial services and hire more staff in payments, compliance and engineer...