Gojek/Tokopedia tie-up poses a question for Indonesian banking regulator

Merger shows Indonesia e-commerce coming of age, but can the financial services assets be combined?

The combination of Gojek and Tokopedia, two leading Indonesian platforms, is no surprise.

It has been telegraphed for a while and became a necessity once GrabGojek’s closest equivalent in southeast Asia – opted out of a merger with its Indonesian counterpart and instead opted to boost its capital through a special purpose acquisition company (Spac) listing.

The new business, to be called GoTo Group, has a lot going for it.

In combination, its legacy businesses had gross transaction value of more than $22 billion through 1.8

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