Given how e-commerce is largely seen as the future for economic potential and merchant innovation, it seems counterintuitive to think that it’s also helping out something as stereotypically outdated as the Post Office. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

In an effort to nurture the budding online commerce community of South Korea, PayPal announced that on Feb. 12, it will have a website and call center in the Korean language, according to Korea Joongang Daily. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

German startup investment company Rocket Internet has added to its galaxy of food delivery partners by investing a 30-percent stake in take-out aggregator HeroFood, worth 496 million euros, Bloomberg reports. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

SimplyTapp, a leading provider of HCE services for merchants, announced late last week (Feb. 6) that it received an additional $2.5 million fundraising round as part of its Series B fundraising plan from mobile payments platform Mozido. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Kerfuffle is one of my all-time favorite words. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Richard Parratt started his career at Imperial Tobacco in 1995 as a sales representative. In July 2013 he became General Manager for Central Asia, where he i… Source: http://www.thebusinessyear.com

RT @cjcmichel: Financial experts recommending reintroducing customs checkpoints between Russia and Kazakhstan: http://t.co/EFhMteJqda #EEUn… Source: m.tengrinews.kz

ASTANA – Kazakhstan today is a mostly Muslim country, but the Silk Road that crossed it was an important conduit for religions, including Buddhism, and some of Kazakhstan’s historic carvings and monuments are neither Muslim nor animist, but homages… Source:…

Why export opportunities in Kazakhstan have never been better for SMEs Source: kazopp.com

#Kazakhstan – #Russia – – #Nazarbayev & #Putin discussed issues of cooperation within #EEU – Kazinform – http://t.co/S1oV9bZ1mu #Diplomacy Source: m.inform.kz