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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

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

China Tech

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Japan, Korea, and the West

Deep Tech

Smartphones

Mate 70 users will get an early look at HarmonyOS Next, Huawei’s new Android-free operating system.

Huawei’s Mate 70 targets Apple with competitive pricing and new OS | KrASIA

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Huawei’s Mate 70 targets Apple with competitive pricing and new OS

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

KrASIA

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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CATL, short for Contemporary Amperex Technology, is a Chinese company specializing in lithium-ion battery production for electric vehicles, energy storage, and battery management systems.

CATL

Battery

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

CATL targets heavy-duty transport with its new Tianxing batteries, boasting breakthroughs in range, charging speed, and durability.

CATL launches advanced battery lineup to electrify heavy-duty vehicles | KrASIA

CATL launches advanced battery lineup to electrify heavy-duty vehicles

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

Creative

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

Offline gaming on the Switch will remain unaffected, though Nintendo’s focus seems to be shifting toward its next-generation console.

Nintendo to end online services for Chinese Switch users by 2026 | KrASIA

Nintendo to end online services for Chinese Switch users by 2026

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

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

Lending

Indian government is compiling a list of app-based lending companies that are connected with China.

India contemplates banning digital lending apps with links to China | KrASIA

India contemplates banning digital lending apps with links to China

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Ant Group raises IPO target to USD 35 billion

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

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

Insurance

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

Its valuation also increased to USD 250 billion.

KEY STAT | Ant Group raises IPO target over uptick in investor interests | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Ant Group raises IPO target over uptick in investor interests

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Julianna Wu

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

The investment will help expand the platform's retail merchant network and accelerate the adoption of digital payment in the country.

Myanmar digital payments platform NearMe plans expansion after 7-figure funding | KrASIA

Myanmar digital payments platform NearMe plans expansion after 7-figure funding

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Stephanie Li

Singapore x Asia Innovation Partnership Forum 2020

KrASIA and EDB look forward to bringing you the second installment of our forum together with thought leaders from the Fintech industry.

The Future of Fintech—industry leaders in Southeast Asia and China care to share | KrASIA

The Future of Fintech—industry leaders in Southeast Asia and China care to share

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Lin Lingyi

Flipkart

Paytm

PhonePe

Videos

Tech companies want to tap into customer data from small neighborhood shops in exchange for offering digital services.

Video | The backbone of India's retail market is getting a digital upgrade | KrASIA

Video | The backbone of India&#8217;s retail market is getting a digital upgrade

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James Chan

Access to credit is still one of the greatest obstacles to the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam, where only 39% of the SMEs have bank loans.

Vietnamese fintech firm Kim An Group closes Series A funding round | KrASIA

Vietnamese fintech firm Kim An Group closes Series A funding round

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

Visual Stories

The firm whose business includes facial recognition for pigs is expecting a USD 2.93 billion IPO.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | What JD Digits brings to China's fintech sector with its upcoming IPO | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | What JD Digits brings to China&#8217;s fintech sector with its upcoming IPO

Q&amp;A

Since its launch in 2012, e-wallet platform MoMo has amassed 20 million users, or about 21% of Vietnam's population.

'I would like MoMo to be the homepage for all consumers in Vietnam': Q&amp;A with MoMo’s CFO Manisha Shah | KrASIA

&#8216;I would like MoMo to be the homepage for all consumers in Vietnam&#8217;: Q&amp;A with MoMo’s CFO Manisha Shah

digital bank

digital wealth

digital wealth management

digital wealth management platform

franklin templeton

Razer

razer fintech

tan min liang

The product is aiming at Razer’s customer base, providing wealth management solutions such as regular savings plans and money market funds.

Razer and Franklin Templeton launch wealth management platform for the young | KrASIA

Razer and Franklin Templeton launch wealth management platform for the young

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