Ganesh Kumar Bangah
PeaceSoft targets to be e-commerce hub for Vietnam
Despite Rocket Internet coming into the Vietnam market in a big way in February last year, PeaceSoft group CEO Nguyen Hoa Binh believes he has the right strategy to counter the big-spending German company.
How Vietnam’s e-commerce leader built his company
DNA charts the entrepreneurial journey of Peacesoft chairman Nguyen Hoa Binh, an Internet icon in his home country of Vietnam.
Vietnam acquisition completes the loop for MOL
Calling it the last piece in his multi-continent acquisition spree to position MOL as Asia’s leading e-payment provider, Ganesh Kumar Bangah, MOL Global’s founder and chief executive officer, has acquired a 50% stake in NganLuong, one of Vietnam’s largest online payment and escrow platform providers for domestic and cross-border e-commerce.
MOL enters Turkey with stake in Game Sultan and PaytoGo
E-payment service provider MOL AccessPortal Sdn. Bhd. (MOL), a subsidiary of MOL Global Pte. Ltd., has announced a majority investment in Turkey’s E-pin market leader, Game Sultan and leading mobile payment company, PaytoGo.
Disrupt: ‘It’s hard to raise money in Malaysia’
The start-up space is recognized as amongst the most vibrant sectors in the country’s technology ecosystem, yet it is still very hard for entrepreneurs to raise money in Malaysia, panelists at the DNA-TeAM Disrupt session said.
MOL plants its flag on the American continent
MOL Global has been busy expanding its reach globally and took a big step in that direction by acquiring a simple majority in San Francisco-based Rixty Inc, which is also is in the online payment space.
Vincent Tan wows start-ups at Disrupt
Berjaya Group billionaire founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan was in top form at the DNA-TeAM Disrupt session recently, regaling the audience with anecdotes and sharing his fear of the economic impact of the poor quality of English.
What would you ask Vincent Tan?
All 110 seats for the second DNA-TeAM Disrupt panel discussion and networking session were booked within 16 hours of us announcing it. If you lucked out, here’s how you can ask Berjaya founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan your burning questions …
Berjaya’s Vincent Tan at DNA-TeAM Disrupt next week
The second DNA-TeAM Disrupt gathering will feature the Berjaya Group’s founder and tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan, who will talk about his experience investing in tech companies; and Cradle’s Johnathan Lee, who will share his thoughts on angel investing in Malaysia.
MOL and Soft Space form mobile payment JV ... for your aunty!
MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd and Soft Space International Sdn Bhd have formed a joint venture, MOLCube Sdn Bhd, a mobile payment acquiring company that will focus on small and medium businesses, allowing them to accept credit and debit card payments using smartphones and other mobile devices.
