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Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

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Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

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WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

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Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

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An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Tencent’s latest update to WeChat Pay targets an improved mobile payment experience for foreign visitors to China. How does it compare to Alipay?

Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors | KrASIA

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more

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The industry is aiming to start mutual use of QR code payment systems in Southeast Asia and India by Expo 2025 Osaka.

Japan to collaborate on Chinese payment services with joint QR code | KrASIA

Japan to collaborate on Chinese payment services with joint QR code

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology.

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China Tech

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

When it comes to AI, talent means everything. That’s why big companies and start-ups alike are snapping up AI-savvy talent, regardless of the cost.

Feature: The War for AI Talent Rages in China (Part 1) | KrASIA

Feature: The War for AI Talent Rages in China (Part 1)

Plus, Ailbaba has poured money in Hellobike and reported to have joint ofo’s recent funding round. The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) started trading bitcoin as futures.

Kr-Asia Daily: China Telecommunications Is Studying An Investment in The Philippine | KrASIA

Kr-Asia Daily: China Telecommunications Is Studying An Investment in The Philippine

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Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

What do you get when you combine business with cloud computing, new modes of retail and Big Data?

Deals | Alibaba Leads Investment in New Retail Solutions Provider iTrigger | KrASIA

Deals | Alibaba Leads Investment in New Retail Solutions Provider iTrigger

The twist and turn of the story of bike sharing in China is just beyond what outsiders can imagine.

To Merge Or To Remain Rivals? Prospect Of New Financing Adds Further Uncertainty to Ofo-Mobike Fight | KrASIA

To Merge Or To Remain Rivals? Prospect Of New Financing Adds Further Uncertainty to Ofo-Mobike Fight

Plus, Ofo reported having secured a funding round led by Alibaba and Ant Financial. Lyft teamed up with autonomous driving technology provider nuTonomy, starting a pilot scheme in Boston.

Kr-Asia Daily: Obike Exposed Global Users’ Data without Any Protection | KrASIA

Kr-Asia Daily: Obike Exposed Global Users’ Data without Any Protection

Deals | As Alibaba Reportedly Pumps More Money Into Ofo and Hellobike, The Battle For Bike-sharing Dominance Escalates | KrASIA

Deals | As Alibaba Reportedly Pumps More Money Into Ofo and Hellobike, The Battle For Bike-sharing Dominance Escalates

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Highlights from the past week, as well as something cool for the weekend.

Kr-Asia Weekly Roundup | KrASIA

Kr-Asia Weekly Roundup

Alibaba may kicked off an investment frenzy to create barriers to other major contenders in the AI race.

Alibaba may “buy” itself a dominance in the AI race | KrASIA

Alibaba may “buy” itself a dominance in the AI race

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

The buzzword of the world has changed from “connection” to “efficiency” as the industry waves goodbye to fintech 1.0 and ushers in the age of fintech 2.0.