Sircolo, an e-commerce solutions company, acquires Warung Pintar, a marketplace for independent retailers (“warungs”). The acquisition aims to strengthen Sirclo’s proposition as the go-to omnichannel solution for brands, distributors, MSME merchants, and end consumers. Sirclo Group CEO, Brian Marshal, said
Delayed instalment repayment of goods from point-of-purchase, or Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) scheme has been growing fast since the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic. For example, Kredivo company works with major e-commerces in Indonesia, and has ~50% of the wallet share of transactions
Digital banking transactions are gaining popularity due to improved customer experience. This trend is also supported by the growth in merchants providing cashless payment options for consumers. Bank Indonesia predicts the value of digital banking transactions to reach US$ 3.45
The average daily cases in Indonesia as of last week, is at 1,808 cases per day, which is significantly low compared to global figures. President Joko Widodo had urged the population to get booster shots, as a step to prevent
Bank Indonesia (“BI”) expects rising inflation for 2022 Q3. This will result in BI raising benchmark interest rate, which is currently at the lowest level in history. BI Governor Perry Warjiyo commented that 2022’s inflation rate will be higher than
iGrow, an Indonesian fintech peer-to-peer lender, partners with Nikel, to channel more productive loans to agribusinesses and farmers. Nikel is a leading embedded lending technology company that connects capital to small businesses with end-to-end lending solutions for banks, alternative lenders,
The Ministry of Finance reported that the realization of spending related to climate-transition in 2021 has reached US$ 7.8 billion (IDR 112.74 trillion). The spending increased by US$ 2.8 billion (IDR 40.3 trillion), compared to 2020’s allocation, and made up
The Katadata Insight Center (KIC) and Zigi survey showed that the buy-now-pay-later credit product is gaining traction among the consumer segments: Generation Z and Millennials (age below 40). The popular product categories are fashion, credit balance top-up, and gadgets. Based
Fintech lending startup, KoinWorks, received US$108 million (IDR 1.6 trillion) in Series C funding. The funding round was led by MDI Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Telkom Indonesia. Other participating investors are Quona Capital, Triodos Investment Management, Saison
Latest OJK data revealed that there are only 103 licensed fintech lenders in Indonesia. Despite the decline in the number of fintech lenders, the industry’s credit disbursement has reached US$ ~908 million (IDR 12.97 trillion) as of November 2021, 51%
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