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Super apps: WeChat, GoJek and rivals battle to do it all in Asia

Services corral smartphone generation but critics warn of risks to innovation.

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Alipay and WeChat Pay lure Chinese outbound tourists with favorable exchange rates and streamlined processes.
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China’s top two mobile giants take battle to tax refunds
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Some consumers may be unconcerned but experts warn they can be hurt by giving too much information away.
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In China’s tech hub of Shenzhen, it’s hard to pay without an app and that is starting to raise privacy concerns
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Ant leads the investment into Xinlian Technology, a subsidiary of state-owned highway company SDHS.
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Ant Financial to take a bigger share of China’s e-toll market with new investment
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QFPay operates in 13 markets across Asia and the Middle East.
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China-based mobile payment firm QFPay closes USD 20 million funding round
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Tencent and ByteDance are locking horns on multiple fronts.
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Kuaishou becomes stickier in WeChat, tapping the social media giant’s 1.1 billion users
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The company says it has zero tolerance for such mini programs
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Tencent clamps down on pornographic content punishing more than 1,800 mini programs
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Social commerce for cats.
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The purrfect business: How a cat lady’s love for felines turned into a USD 20 million enterprise
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The feature opens a new world of possibility for WeChat mini programs
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WeChat mini programs now support augmented reality
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