Indonesia

Enterprise

Introducing Meta Verified: WhatsApp Business Users in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Colombia Now Have Access!

Meta on Thursday said it is rolling out its Meta Verified program for WhatsApp Business users in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Colombia, and eventually to more countries. The plan also lets businesses use their WhatsApp Business account from multiple devices. Until now, WhatsApp Business users had to use their personal phone numbers to service customer calls. With more than 200 million monthly users on WhatsApp Business, Meta is trying to build a full suite of solutions that businesses can tap for communicating with their customers. The company said existing commerce and payment services only cater to the top 200 million users.

Ava Patel
June 6, 2024

Fintech, Startups

Wagely: Revolutionizing FinTech in Indonesia Through Empowering the Unbanked

In 2022, Walmart acquired earned wage access provider Even to offer early pay access to its employees. Other big U.S. companies, including Amazon, McDonald’s and Uber, also offer employees early wage access programs. Like other earned wage access providers, Wagely charges a nominal flat membership fee to employees withdrawing their salaries early. “This is something that no other competitor is even close to because other earned wage access companies are focusing on different things,” he said. One of the areas where global earned wage access providers have shifted their focus nowadays is lending — in some cases, to lend money to employers.

Dylan Williams
March 4, 2024

Enterprise, Media & Entertainment

ByteDance to Cease Operations of Music Streaming Platform Resso in India

ByteDance is shutting down its music streaming service Resso in India at the end of this month as the company shifts its focus to expand TikTok Music globally. The streaming service is still active for those who have the app, but it’s not possible to purchase a new subscription. The company confirmed the development and said that it doesn’t plan to launch TikTok Music in India. However, ByteDance launched TikTok Music in both those markets last July. In May 2023, ByteDance made Resso a subscription-only service to offer “a better user experience for music fans, while increasing opportunities for rightsholders and artists.”Until now, ByteDance has launched TikTok Music in Australia, Singapore, and Mexico apart from Indonesia and Brazil.

Zara Khan
January 11, 2024

Startups, Venture

Legit Group Raises Series A to Expand Cloud Kitchen Footprint Across Indonesia

Jakarta-based cloud kitchen startup Legit Group gets Series A to take over the rest of Indonesia

Legit Group is a cloud kitchen brand operator based in Jakarta that has raised a $13.7 million Series A from MDI Ventures, the venture capital arm of PT Telcom Indonesia…