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Global popular social media platform Meta (Facebook) has announced it is shutting down its live shopping feature as of October 2022, to further focus on the platform’s Reels.
online shopping, livestream shopping, ecommerce, ecommerce platform, cross-border ecommerce, artificial intelligence, social commerce, platform
US-based conversational commerce platform Attentive has launched text-to-buy with Shop Pay, allowing customers to make purchases from an SMS conversation.
social commerce, product launch, Shopify, ecommerce, mobile payments
Indonesia has reportedly blocked the search engine Yahoo, online payments giant PayPal, and several gaming websites for failing to comply with licensing rules.
regulation, regulatory sandbox, social commerce, online platform, compliance
China-based social media platform TikTok has abandoned plans to join the European and US live ecommerce market.
ecommerce, livestream shopping, expansion, social commerce
Norwegian content management platform Sanity has partnered with ecommerce platform Shopify.
partnership, ecommerce, ecommerce platform, social commerce
UK-based fintech Unlimint has integrated with messaging service Telegram to be the latter’s payment provider.
social commerce, partnership, mobile payments, marketplace, data protection
Nigeria-based fintech Pocket has gained an approval in principle (AIP) to drive digital payments and inclusion for micro-entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
mobile payments, mobile money, e-wallet, social commerce, digitalisation
Mastercard has delivered its payment feature ‘Pay by link’ in partnership with Denmark-based fintech Aiia, so businesses can accept payments anywhere.
MasterCard, Open Banking, partnership, product launch, social commerce
Vietnam-based B2B online marketplace Aemi has gone live to facilitate trading for creators and micro retailers.
product launch, social commerce, SMEs, marketplace, ecommerce
The Indian government is working with tech mogul Nandan Nilekani to develop a platform to help SMEs and reduce market monopoly held by Amazon and Flipkart.
ecommerce, online platform, ecommerce platform, SMEs, merchant, social commerce, unified commerce, retail
Philippine’s President, Rodrigo Duerte, has vetoed the proposed legislation approved by the state’s Congress two chambers regarding the registration of all SIM cards and social media accounts in the country.
regulation, social commerce, identity theft, identity verification, identity fraud, cybercrime, cybersecurity
India-based commerce platform CityMall has closed Series C funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, bringing the total funds raised to USD 110 million.
ecommerce, funding, expansion, social commerce
Brazil-based retailer Magazine Luiza, known as Magalu, has launched social commerce tool within its app, called Compra Junto.
social commerce, product launch, ecommerce, online shopping
UK-based shopping platform Threads Styling has raised a USD 12 million round to enable its ecommerce and live commerce expansion.
ecommerce, livestream shopping, expansion, funding, social commerce
Ecommerce platform Shopify has announced the launch of a link-in-bio tool called Linkpop, in order to target social media influencers promoting online purchases.
Shopify, social commerce, product launch, ecommerce
US-based chat commerce company Clickatell has announced it received USD 91 million in its Series C round led by Arrowroot.
social commerce, ecommerce, expansion, funding
Augmented reality platform Nextech AR has rolled out ARitize Swirls and ARitize Social Swirls to allow ecommerce sites to advertise with 3D banners and to use 3D/AR filters re on social media, respectively.
metaverse, ecommerce, product launch, SaaS, social commerce
Zbooni, a UAE-based connected commerce (ccommerce) platform, has announced its launch in Egypt, providing digital commerce tools for SMEs across the country.
product launch, ecommerce, social commerce, expansion, SMEs, merchants
US-based social media platform Pinterest has launched shoppable QVC-style episodes to turn more users into buyers with Pinterest TV, a series of live, shoppable episodes.
ecommerce, retail, product launch, research, social commerce
US-based research company IDC has released a report commissioned by Singapore-based 2C2P, showing that ecommerce spending will reach USD 179.8 billion by 2025 in Southeast Asia.
research, ecommerce, digital payments, growth markets, social commerce, BNPL