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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more

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The Chinese tech company is spending billions, snapping up talent in its battle against the US crackdown.

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Huawei building vast chip equipment R&#038;D center in Shanghai

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Social media's "big blue" steps up efforts to win the support of Vietnamese government officials.

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Facebook to produce Oculus VR headset in Vietnam

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Facebook and other social media platforms could be blocked if they don’t adhere to the law.

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Indonesia will impose fines on Facebook and other social platforms due to negative content

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Global giants like Alibaba, Amazon, Google, and Facebook are keeping a close watch on Indian digital payments opportunity, which is very much untapped since half of the Indians are yet to come online.

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India’s digital payment market is getting more competitive with PhonePe spin-off

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Facebook was allegedly 'muting' discussions about an employee's death caused by office bully.

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Chinese Facebook staff sacked after speaking out for colleague&#8217;s suicide: Reports

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Lydian was former president director at Finmas.

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Facebook appoints Peter Lydian as Indonesia&#8217;s country director

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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The demonetization of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 banknotes by India in 2016 made people to take to digital transactions which have since grown manifold

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UPI-based payments to dominate in India in the next five years

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Sina, Weibo, and YY are also on the list.

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China&#8217;s social network platform Momo tops Fortune&#8217;s 100 fastest-growing companies, beating Netflix, Amazon and Facebook

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Song Jingli

The minister wants a digital ecosystem with made-in-Vietnam social media networks and search engines.

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Vietnamese minister calls for local tech firms to challenge Google and Facebook

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Facebook eyes reentry into China by taking minority stakes in local firms, says Reuters Breakingviews | KrASIA

Facebook eyes reentry into China by taking minority stakes in local firms, says Reuters Breakingviews

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