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

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Strong sales did not prevent the studio’s closure, underscoring the fragility of China’s game ecosystem.

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

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

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

Lazada, an e-commerce marketplace in Southeast Asia, links shoppers to a wide range of products, deals, and cross-border brands.

Lazada

Sea Group operates digital entertainment (Garena), e-commerce (Shopee), and fintech (SeaMoney) platforms across Southeast Asia.

Sea Group

Shopee, a Southeast Asian online marketplace, features interactive shopping, flash deals, and localized payment options.

Shopee

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

Southeast Asia

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

TikTok Shop, the e-commerce arm of TikTok, enables in-app shopping by connecting users with brands and creators through live commerce and short videos.

TikTok Shop

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

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

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Smaller rivals are being pushed to the margins as online shopping booms in Thailand and Malaysia.

TikTok, Sea, Alibaba-owned e-commerce corner ASEAN markets

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

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

Payments

Scrappy startups and big banks are still finding their footing in the country's evolving fintech sector.

Myanmar's mobile money services are scattered, spotty, and spirited

Myanmar&#8217;s mobile money services are scattered, spotty, and spirited

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CredoLab utilizes an AI-based algorithm to gather mobile device metadata for its alternative credit scoring platform.

CredoLab raises USD 7 million in funding round led by GBG

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Yin Lin Tan

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

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.

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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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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

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

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.'

Fintech

Myanmar’s mobile money services are scattered, spotty, and spirited

CredoLab raises USD 7 million in funding round led by GBG

Mobile payment users to reach 800 million in India by 2025

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

Nurturing a cashless future: Inside China’s Startups

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

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

Indian government-backed payment networks to go global

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