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Temasek Holdings Private Limited is a Singaporean holding company owned by the Government of Singapore.

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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.

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

Deals in brief: Xefco, Thrixen, and Salmon secure funding, Temasek invests in US-based Blaize, ten China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Xefco, Thrixen, and Salmon secure funding, Temasek invests in US-based Blaize, ten China and India deals, and more

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

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Mobility

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

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Weaker earnings spotlight the state players' overreliance on the likes of Nissan and Honda

China's foreign automotive joint ventures lose luster under EV onslaught | KrASIA

China&#8217;s foreign automotive joint ventures lose luster under EV onslaught

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

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Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

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WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

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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.

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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.

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Tencent’s latest update to WeChat Pay targets an improved mobile payment experience for foreign visitors to China. How does it compare to Alipay?

Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors | KrASIA

Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors

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The -based startup plans to expand to the and next.

AsiaCollect is changing the way you think about debt collection: Startup Stories | KrASIA

AsiaCollect is changing the way you think about debt collection: Startup Stories

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Sharmila Ganapathy

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

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Xiaomi follows other Chinese major tech companies such as Ant Financial, ByteDance, and Razer.

China's Xiaomi joins race for Singapore digital banking license | KrASIA

China&#8217;s Xiaomi joins race for Singapore digital banking license

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Song Jingli

The strategic cooperation will allow Baidu to apply its artificial intelligence technologies in China's financial sector on a large scale.

To apply its AI capacities in banks, Baidu buys 5.71% stake in Yusys Technologies for USD 86.3 million | KrASIA

To apply its AI capacities in banks, Baidu buys 5.71% stake in Yusys Technologies for USD 86.3 million

said its digital bank will focus on addressing the unmet needs of millennials and SMEs.

Sea, owner of Shopee, makes solo bid for Singapore digital banking license | KrASIA

Sea, owner of Shopee, makes solo bid for Singapore digital banking license

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Thu Huong Le

Successful licensees will be announced in June this year and are expected to commence business by mid-2021.

Singapore receives 21 applications for digital bank licenses | KrASIA

Singapore receives 21 applications for digital bank licenses

The Monetary Authority of is expected to announce the results by mid-2020.

Far East joins V3-led consortium seeking Singapore digibank license | KrASIA

Far East joins V3-led consortium seeking Singapore digibank license

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Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani now wants to make others rich.

Reliance Jio to compete with Paytm and PhonePe with its wealth management service | KrASIA

Reliance Jio to compete with Paytm and PhonePe with its wealth management service

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

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In 2019, many mobile wallet and e-commerce players rolled out PayLater services on their platforms, a trend that's likely to continue this year.

Will credit cards in Indonesia be overtaken by PayLater services? | KrASIA

Will credit cards in Indonesia be overtaken by PayLater services?

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Khamila Mulia

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. 

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The move is in line with the firm's commitment to promoting financial inclusion globally, says Ant Financial.