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How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

Indonesia

Red tape is delaying the rollout of upscale medical tourism facilities.

Indonesia makes billion-dollar health care bet to keep rich patients at home | KrASIA

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Indonesia makes billion-dollar health care bet to keep rich patients at home

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

KrASIA

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

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Robotics

Rather than chasing consumer hype, UBTech is doubling down on industrial deployments, putting its robots to work in automotive factories.

UBTech’s humanoid robots ditch the spotlight for car assembly lines | KrASIA

UBTech’s humanoid robots ditch the spotlight for car assembly lines

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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BYD, a Chinese EV maker, produces electric cars, buses, and batteries, accelerating adoption of sustainable transportation worldwide.

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Volkswagen, GM, and state-owned partners are struggling amid the rapid EV transition.

BYD takes lead in China automotive market once driven by state-backed players | KrASIA

BYD takes lead in China automotive market once driven by state-backed players

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

Fintech | KrASIA Archives

Amazon Pay app opened on the backdrop of Indian currency

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Amazon Pay has signed up close to five million merchants, it said last month.

Amazon injects USD 30 million into its Indian payment arm for further expansion | KrASIA

Amazon injects USD 30 million into its Indian payment arm for further expansion

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Avanish Tiwary

PhonePe, a digital wallet in India, enables UPI payments, money transfers, and merchant transactions through a user-friendly app.

PhonePe

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

PhonePe plans to become profitable and file for an IPO over the next few years.

How Walmart-owned PhonePe beat Google Pay and became the first app to cross 1 billion UPI transactions | KrASIA

How Walmart-owned PhonePe beat Google Pay and became the first app to cross 1 billion UPI transactions

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Tencent

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

Ant Group and MYbank will continue to support the research, development, and trials of the PBOC’s e-CNY.

Ant Group affiliate MYbank joins China's digital yuan trials | KrASIA

Ant Group affiliate MYbank joins China&#8217;s digital yuan trials

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Song Jingli

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

Indonesia recently blocked 26 unauthorized investment businesses, including three crypto platforms.

Indonesia's growing crypto market is a staging ground for illegal platforms | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s growing crypto market is a staging ground for illegal platforms

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Khamila Mulia

Philippines

Singapore

Opinion

The round brings Tonik’s total funding to USD 44 million. 

Tonik raises USD 17 million for its neobank aimed at the Philippines' unbanked population | KrASIA

Tonik raises USD 17 million for its neobank aimed at the Philippines&#8217; unbanked population

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Stephanie Li

In 2024, online marketplaces will account for 9.7% of total sales in life and health insurance in China, according to a study.

Insurtech startup Yuanbao scores USD 155 million to catch up with newly listed Waterdrop | KrASIA

Insurtech startup Yuanbao scores USD 155 million to catch up with newly listed Waterdrop

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

Even before the investment, Gojek and Telkomsel have been working together for some time.

Telkomsel dials up investment in Gojek, expands collaboration in ads and gaming | KrASIA

Telkomsel dials up investment in Gojek, expands collaboration in ads and gaming

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Ursula Florene

Malaysia

Joe McGuire is the founder of MyMy, a company bidding for one of five digital banking licenses that Malaysia will provide in Q1 2022.

This entrepreneur aims to build Malaysia's first sharia-compliant neobank | Startup stories | KrASIA

This entrepreneur aims to build Malaysia&#8217;s first sharia-compliant neobank | Startup stories

The firm counted 19.2 million paying customers at the end of 2020.

Fintech

Amazon injects USD 30 million into its Indian payment arm for further expansion

How Walmart-owned PhonePe beat Google Pay and became the first app to cross 1 billion UPI transactions

Ant Group affiliate MYbank joins China’s digital yuan trials

Indonesia’s growing crypto market is a staging ground for illegal platforms

Tonik raises USD 17 million for its neobank aimed at the Philippines’ unbanked population

Insurtech startup Yuanbao scores USD 155 million to catch up with newly listed Waterdrop

Telkomsel dials up investment in Gojek, expands collaboration in ads and gaming

This entrepreneur aims to build Malaysia’s first sharia-compliant neobank | Startup stories

Tencent-backed insurance service Waterdrop raises USD 360 million in US IPO

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Indonesia makes billion-dollar health care bet to keep rich patients at home

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