Bloomberg The venture capital arm of PT Bank Mandiri thinks electronic payment platforms will only ever be profitable by serving as gateways to more lucrative services. Otherwise, they’re “just a cash-burning exercise,” said Eddi Danusaputro, chief executive officer of PT Mandiri Capital Indonesia. The race for customers in Indonesia is so intensive that e-payment providers have been willing to offer …

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc recommends buying the Chinese yuan on a bet the US will roll back some of its additional tariffs on the Asian nation. The investment bank also likes the Indonesian rupiah due to its relatively high interest rates, and sees further gains in Thailand’s baht given the country’s persistent current-account surplus, Zach Pandl, co-head of global …

Bloomberg EBay Inc is selling its ticket marketplace StubHub to European rival Viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash, allowing the company to focus on its main retail site and address pressure from shareholder activists. Starboard Value and Elliott Management Corp, the New York-based hedge fund run by billionaire Paul Singer, earlier this year proposed a plan to improve EBay’s performance, …