DEFA cuts the cost of entry. Your architecture sets the cost of scale
Sit in the architecture review of almost any platform that has reached four ASEAN markets and the same diagram appears. One product on top. Underneath, four data stores, four payment integrations, four know-your-customer flows (the identity checks that onboard each user), and four sets of legal entities and directors. Adding Malaysia means adding a […] The post DEFA cuts the cost of entry. Your…
The Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) is set to reduce the cost of entering ASEAN markets. Rather than adding a new product along with four data stores, four payment integrations, four know-your-customer flows, and four sets of legal entities, companies will be able to add markets using a shared framework. This approach lowers the cost of entering a market and allows for scaling without a proportional rise in complexity.
The agreement does not eliminate the cost of internal integration, but it does make it easier to add new markets. Companies that adopt a shared core, with one data layer, one payments abstraction, and one identity model, will see lower costs as they scale across multiple markets. Those that continue to build separate systems for each market will face higher costs and coordination challenges.
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