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Opinion | Xiaomi’s risky play with P2P lenders: another reason to be bearish

Xiaomi has its own interest in online lending while simultaneously allowing shady lenders to advertise on its platform. What could go wrong?

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Last week swept US$58 million into Southeast Asia’s fintech sector and Indonesian edtech startup Ruangguru is on the rise.
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Indonesia weekly | Funding to improve credit scoring, an impending protest, P2P clampdown
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In a move to better regulate local P2P lending space, Indonesian financial services regulator OJK has reportedly called in P2P lending startups to a meeting today, and asked them to suspend operating
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Rumour | Indonesian regulator shuts down unregistered P2P startups by midnight (updated)
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Circo, a co-working space in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, says it has raised its first round of VC funding today after bootstrapping for two years.
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Co-working in Vietnam gets a VC boost
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Go-Jek’s baby steps into content Ride-hailing is getting into content in Southeast Asia – slowly. Grab recently relaunched its app to include a news feed that features articles and selected Yout
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Indonesia weekly: Go-Jek’s original content plan, and Bizzy/Moladin’s funding
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