May you live in interesting times

To all you loyal readers clamoring for a resumption of the column, thank you and here it comes. For those of you just sparing a few seconds from an already hectic schedule, thank you for the time. I hope that you find the results to be both interesting and of assistance. Just to recap, every figure that I use is … Read More

Newsletter April 25, 2019

Greetings from Hua Hin – the kids are still on Songkran holiday and been taking them on a bit of an excursion. All you single digital nomads, you ain’t seen nothing until you’ve started traveling with a family of 4 – this is next level complexity! Are you making the most out of your Amazon seller central account? For this … Read More

Newsletter April 17 2019

A Few Amazing Things Happening Life is so rich and so amazing, isn’t it? Here at Global From Asia, we think so – and today’s newsletter I really couldn’t pick just one topic to share with you – so am going with all three. Maybe you can tell me which one you think is the most exciting!? First, those following … Read More

Digital Disruption in Mobile Banking: A 2019 Outlook for Banks

Dear Global Business Enthusiast, Michael Michelini (@michelini) here. You’re getting this email because you requested my periodic thoughts on international business from Hong Kong. [Edit: Actually, it’s possible that you’ve never gotten an email from me. Somebody might have just given you the link to this page, which is an online archive of an email that I sent to folks … Read More

Payments: Looking Back at 2018 and Forward to 2019

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Top 10 E-commerce Trends for 2019

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In Singapore, Online Shopping will Soon be Mostly Mobile

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Chinese eCommerce Policy to Benefit Foreign Sellers

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HSBC Online Banking Down

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Many More Wish They Could

Due to matters beyond my control, this is going to be the last in the series, for awhile at least. So I’m going to depart from the issues that I raised in the last few Gabs – after all, expounding on politics is a thankless task – As Emma Goldman so poignantly and pointedly declared all those years ago, “If … Read More