Reading Time: 3 minutes Buy now, pay later Paidy considers listing as ‘buy now, pay later’ catches on in Japan | Financial Times – Japan is a microcosm of what’s happening in terms of buy now, pay later on the web. Japan is notable, because like Germany, historically it has been a heavy cash focused consumer payments market. Mobile payments… Continue reading Buy now, pay later + other news
Category: 菲律宾 | philippines | 필리핀 제도
Kamusta – welcome to the Philippines category of this blog. This is where I share anything that relates to the Republic of the Philippines, business issues relating to the Philippines, the Filipino people or culture. Often posts that appear in this category will appear in other categories as well. So if fast food business Jollibee launched a new advertising campaign. And that I thought was particularly interesting or noteworthy, that might appear in branding as well as Philippines.
So far, I haven’t had too much Filipino related content here, though I recognise that it is a fast growing and important market in Asia. I am also aware of the positive impact that Filipinos have had around the world from the worlds of healthcare to media and entertainment.
I don’t tend to comment on local politics because I don’t understand it that well, but I am interested when it intersects with business. An example of this would be legal issues affecting the media sector for instance.
If there are Filipino subjects that you think would fit with this blog, feel free to let me know by leaving a comment in the ‘Get in touch’ section of this blog here.
ICYMI | 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우
Reading Time: 9 minutes Female voices The Philippines’ secret weapon against Chinese incursions | The Economist – having women radio operators seem to be more successful and less likely to rise tensions, seems to be down to training and the nature of female voices. It reminded me of how early HCI experiments by DARPA found that jet fighter pilots… Continue reading ICYMI | 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우
Clubhouse & things that caught my eye this week
Reading Time: 3 minutes Korean American security researcher Brian Pak looked at Clubhouse and some of the findings were very interesting. Pak posted a full analysis in Korean here. The key takeouts for me where: Some (probably early adopter) Koreans have been buying used iPhones so that they can try Clubhouse, since the app is currently iOS only. The… Continue reading Clubhouse & things that caught my eye this week