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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

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Some cities have suspended programs earlier than expected.

China races to calm worries over end to USD 42 billion consumer subsidies

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Nikkei Asia

Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

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 guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Its new search interface is part chatbot, part creative tool, and part concierge, but whether users will embrace it at scale remains an open question.

Baidu reimagines search as the race to build the first AI superapp continues

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. 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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What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong-listed firm is advancing its pipeline using an mRNA system it says can compete with the industry’s best.

Everest Medicines targets global expansion with proprietary, AI-driven mRNA platform

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T. K. Lin

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

Fintech | KrASIA

Paytm, an Indian digital payments app, enables mobile transactions, bill payments, and financial products for millions of users.

Paytm

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

PhonePe

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

A survey of 1,000 merchants by RedSeer found that retailers believe their share of digital payments is going to increase significantly in the next 12 months.

Mobile payment users to reach 800 million in India by 2025

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

The SoftBank-backed fintech platform last week raised USD 356.4 million from a follow-on share sale to fund its overseas expansion.

Ping An’s OneConnect fintech arm expects flurry of deals in Southeast Asia

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South China Morning Post

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

Wallyt offers a suite of mobile payment solutions to overseas financial institutions and merchants.

Nurturing a cashless future: Inside China's Startups

Nurturing a cashless future: Inside China&#8217;s Startups

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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Wency Chen

The company has developed a stock trading platform that is similar to Robinhood.

Y Combinator-backed Thndr receives first new Egyptian brokerage license in ten years

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MENAbytes

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

Southeast Asia

The two firms and the Singapore-based organization have launched a platform named Healthcare Fintech Alliance.

Alibaba Cloud, Pfizer, and FinTech Academy team up to find innovative solutions for Southeast Asia's healthcare industry

Alibaba Cloud, Pfizer, and FinTech Academy team up to find innovative solutions for Southeast Asia&#8217;s healthcare industry

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Khamila Mulia

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

India

NPCI kicked off its global expansion last year, starting with UAE and Singapore, where both UPI and RuPay have a presence.

Indian government-backed payment networks to go global

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

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

Ant Group

Alibaba founder confirms intent to slash half-ownership 'over time.'

Fate of Jack Ma stake hangs over Ant Group's mega IPO plan

Fate of Jack Ma stake hangs over Ant Group&#8217;s mega IPO plan

Pluang has seen significant growth in its user base this year due to collaborations with platforms that are household names.

This startup makes gains as gold shines through in the pandemic: Startup Stories

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

Bank of Shanghai hopes to integrate its financial technology and innovation capability into the diversified service scenarios on DiDi’s platform.

DiDi partners with Bank of Shanghai to expand its financial services

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