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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. 

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Insurance

Lending

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

Security

WorldFirst's enhanced solutions underscore its commitment to facilitating international growth for businesses, irrespective of size, scope, or geographical location.

WorldFirst upgrades payment and financial solutions to better serve merchants venturing overseas | KrASIA

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WorldFirst upgrades payment and financial solutions to better serve merchants venturing overseas

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Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Indonesia

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

Deals in brief: Gapai and Elevarm secure seed funding, Rize bags USD 14 million, nine China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Gapai and Elevarm secure seed funding, Rize bags USD 14 million, nine China deals, and more

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

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Rising logistics costs and heightened competition are increasing the strain on cross-border furniture businesses like Ziel.

Are furniture exports still a lucrative business? | KrASIA

Are furniture exports still a lucrative business?

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook.

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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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Chinese online games giant is now the world’s seventh most valuable company ahead of Facebook.

Tencent grabs Facebook’s social media crown with rally that adds USD 207 billion to market value this year | KrASIA

Tencent grabs Facebook’s social media crown with rally that adds USD 207 billion to market value this year

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Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

This is Coatue Management's first investment in an edtech company in the country.

Investments in Indian edtech sector expected to maintain the pace in the second half of 2020 | KrASIA

Investments in Indian edtech sector expected to maintain the pace in the second half of 2020

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Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

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Read the stories about Augmented reality (AR), Virtual reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR), know about the trendings and the future of VR/AR/MR industry. 

AR/VR

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

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The USD 4.5 billion check that Google wrote for a 7.7% stake is the second-largest investment in Jio Platforms after Facebook.

From Jio Glass to 5G network, Reliance’s new announcements hint at its ambition to dominate everything digital | KrASIA

From Jio Glass to 5G network, Reliance’s new announcements hint at its ambition to dominate everything digital

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Funds such as Tiger Global, General Atlantic, GGV Capital, and RTP Global, among others have invested in a host of Indian online education startups.

Investments in edtech companies shine in the first half of 2020 | KrASIA

Investments in edtech companies shine in the first half of 2020

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

WhatsApp Pay has been trying to get approval from Indian authorities for two years.

WhatsApp closer to officially launching payment service in India with full regulatory compliance | KrASIA

WhatsApp closer to officially launching payment service in India with full regulatory compliance

With its 388-million-strong subscriber network, Jio has the potential to create multiple revenue streams, the reason why investors are flocking to it.

Making sense of Reliance-owned Jio Platforms’ fundraising spree | KrASIA

Making sense of Reliance-owned Jio Platforms’ fundraising spree

Due to WhatsApp's chat-based interface, banks are seeing millions of people use WhatsApp banking.

WhatsApp accelerates Indian banks' online push as distancing rules handicap branches | KrASIA

WhatsApp accelerates Indian banks&#8217; online push as distancing rules handicap branches

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Jio Platforms has divested a 22.3% stake for over USD 13.7 billion, from nine high profile investors.

US-based PE firms TPG and L Catterton become latest investors in Reliance's Jio Platforms (Update) | KrASIA

US-based PE firms TPG and L Catterton become latest investors in Reliance&#8217;s Jio Platforms (Update)

Unacademy claimed its courses were watched for over a billion minutes with 100,000 live classes conducted by its teachers.