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Korea

Proponents and opponents of regulation both spurn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt at compromise.

South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms | KrASIA

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South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms

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

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As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

Bilibili

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Content

Creative

Creator Economy

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

Entertainment

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Live Streaming

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

Gaming and ad growth help Bilibili hit a profit, but sustaining this trajectory could be challenging.

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power | KrASIA

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power

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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36Kr English

Angel Investing

Investment

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Private Equity

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

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

KrASIA | Fintech Archives

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Cryptocurrencies

Singapore kicks off new crypto era by granting licenses to DBSV and Independent Reserve.

Singapore kicks off new crypto era by granting licenses to DBSV and Independent Reserve | KrASIA

Singapore kicks off new crypto era by granting licenses to DBSV and Independent Reserve

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Stephanie Li

FinTech Connect Asia will take place from October 5 to 7 in Singapore. FinTech Connect Asia is the region’s ultimate fintech and payments summit.

FinTech Connect Asia will take place October 5–7 in Singapore | KrASIA

FinTech Connect Asia will take place October 5–7 in Singapore

GoTo

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

Tokopedia

Traveloka

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

E-Commerce

Lending

Retail

Indonesia

Kredivo, Akulaku, Home Credit, Traveloka PayLater, and Shopee PayLater are the main providers of "buy now, pay later" offerings in Indonesia.

'Buy now, pay later' is taking off in Indonesia, but risks are high | KrASIA

&#8216;Buy now, pay later&#8217; is taking off in Indonesia, but risks are high

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Khamila Mulia

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Singapore gains in China's strictest crypto ban. Regulators have outlawed all crypto transactions and services in China, prompting shifts.

Singapore gains from China's strictest crypto ban | KrASIA

Singapore gains from China&#8217;s strictest crypto ban

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Jiaxing Li

Monsinee Nakapanant, Co-President of Ascend Money

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

Thailand

Ascend Money becomes Thailand’s first fintech unicorn. In 2020, the fintech firm logged USD 14 billion payment volume.

Ascend Money becomes Thailand’s first fintech unicorn | KrASIA

Ascend Money becomes Thailand’s first fintech unicorn

Airwallex raises USD 200 million, taking valuation to USD 4 billion. The startup’s revenue surged 150% in the first half of 2021.

Airwallex raises USD 200 million, taking valuation to USD 4 billion | KrASIA

Airwallex raises USD 200 million, taking valuation to USD 4 billion

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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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. 

Ant Group

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank. Huabei is utilized by 190 million people.

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank | KrASIA

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank

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Mengyuan Ge

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.

Fintech firm Advance Intelligence Group raises USD 400 million, reaches USD 2 billion valuation.

Fintech developer Advance Intelligence Group raises USD 400 million, reaches USD 2 billion valuation | KrASIA

Fintech developer Advance Intelligence Group raises USD 400 million, reaches USD 2 billion valuation

Bill management platform Spenmo bags USD 34 million in Series A round. The firm aims to give back "10 billion man-hours" to finance teams each year.