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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.

Fintech

Indonesia

Vietnam

Fintech puts insurance on mobile apps from Indonesia to Vietnam. Can 'insurtech' achieve profits and data privacy with bite-size products?

Fintech puts insurance on mobile apps from Indonesia to Vietnam | KrASIA

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Fintech puts insurance on mobile apps from Indonesia to Vietnam

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

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Nikkei Asia

ZTE woes may steer China’s AI chip development into a different direction

Semiconductors

China chip sector shares tumble on U.S. export curbs. Equipment makers and AI semiconductor developers among those hit.

China chip sector shares tumble on US export curbs | KrASIA

China chip sector shares tumble on US export curbs

Oppo is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company headquartered in Dongguan, China, known for its smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices.

OPPO

Loss of patent case pushes manufacturer back to the strategic drawing board.

Oppo plots next step after smartphone sales ban in Germany | KrASIA

Oppo plots next step after smartphone sales ban in Germany

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Retail

Deal allows expansion into North America's e-commerce market.

South Korea's Naver to buy U.S. fashion app Poshmark in USD 1.6 billion deal | KrASIA

South Korea&#8217;s Naver to buy U.S. fashion app Poshmark in USD 1.6 billion deal

Creative

Music

Smartphones

India

Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production to India. iPhone maker taps South Asian nation again in push to diversify from China.

Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production to India | KrASIA

Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production to India

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Europe

Japan

Unicorns' growth strategy reaching turning point. SBG, other nontraditional investors squeeze money, prioritize profit.

Unicorns' growth strategy reaching turning point | KrASIA

Unicorns&#8217; growth strategy reaching turning point

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

Investment vehicle to shed about 150 employees as deal-making slows.

SoftBank Vision Fund to cut one-third of staff in tech downturn | KrASIA

SoftBank Vision Fund to cut one-third of staff in tech downturn

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

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

120,000 merchants accept e-payments from Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand.

Ant Group allows use of Southeast Asian payment apps in South Korea | KrASIA

Ant Group allows use of Southeast Asian payment apps in South Korea

Singapore

Alibaba funds give Singapore's Lazada confidence on post-COVID growth. E-commerce giant's CEO sees competition easing after pandemic's boom.