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HR automation platform Omni wants to be the ‘Rippling of Southeast Asia’

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Based in Singapore, it is currently active there and in Indonesia, and plans to roll out in other Southeast Asian markets after localizing for employment regulations. On the other hand, companies in Indonesia collect multiple forms of ID information, including KTD (resident’s card), KK (family card) and NPWP (tax ID). What downturn?

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Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asia’s fintech boom

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Indonesia emerged as the best choice. Indonesia and Malaysia, in the heart of Southeast Asia, are among the countries with the largest Muslim populations in the world. Gojek’s GoPay is also partnered with the Indonesia mosque council to allow users to make zakat, or obligatory alms giving, online. out of its 33.6

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Singapore is poised to become Asia’s Silicon Valley

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The Singaporean government continues to create new initiatives that make it attractive to tech companies and entrepreneurs. Many already had investments in Southeast Asian companies and were eyeing markets there as well, particularly Indonesia. ” Government policy pays off.

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Temu faces suspension in Vietnam

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Temu is currently in talks with the Vietnamese government to resolve the issue. Governments are raising requirements on cross-border e-commerce, setting a raft of new policies in areas such as information disclosure, market competition, and consumer protection. Temu launched its Vietnam site in October. Yicai, in Chinese ]

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Australia-based Employment Hero raises $45M AUD for its global expansion

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Its Series D will be used to support growth in those markets, and enter new Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. Localized versions of Employment Hero include pre-built employment contracts and policies that comply with local laws.

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Vietnam triples its clean energy goals, aims to get 16% of its power from solar

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A draft of the new policy outline, likely to be finalized in coming weeks, scraps plans to build offshore wind turbines, instead building more onshore wind capacity, rooftop solar and energy storage. . Vietnam is Southeast Asia’s second-biggest coal producer after Indonesia.

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Airly fights air pollution with a network of affordable sensors

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It also has networks of sensors in United Kingdom and Indonesia cities. Communities have used data collected by Airly to lobby local governments to take air quality action. “On Cities include Warsaw, where Airly has installed 165 sensors, which the company says is the largest air quality monitoring network in Europe.

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