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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.

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Luckin Coffee provides app-based ordering, convenient pickup, and a broad beverage menu, reshaping China’s coffee consumption patterns.

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Long viewed as conservative, IDG’s investment in Luckin Coffee drew skepticism at the time.

IDG’s Luckin gamble, and how the cautious giant learned to take risks

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, develops large language models and machine learning solutions for enterprise applications and scientific research.

The V3.2 lineup marks a push for parity with Western rivals while cutting compute costs through novel architectural design.

DeepSeek takes aim at GPT-5 and Gemini 3 with latest AI models

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

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The fresh funds will be used to improve the company's digital invoicing and bookkeeping system.

Indonesia’s Paper.id raises undisclosed Series A funding from Golden Gate Ventures and Modalku

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The new name draws from the Sanskrit language.

Singaporean remittance startup InstaRem rebrands as Nium

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Khamila Mulia

Google dominates online search, digital ads, and cloud solutions, powering discovery, analytics, and smartphone operating systems.

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

Paytm

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

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Google Pay's monthly average users grew by three times to 67 million in September.

Google Pay sees FY19 profit soar 83% in India on strong digital payment adoption

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Fintech companies ask regulators for more openness to develop the SEA market

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Sharmila Ganapathy

The company has a digital ledger of 18 million businesses across India.

US-based ARTIS Labs invests USD 3.2 million in Indian fintech company Crediwatch

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

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WeChat Pay allows money transfer via phone numbers

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Song Jingli

The largest fundraising in the digital corporate cost management sector during the year.

China’s online cost management platform Ekuaibao bags USD 50 million in Series C, C+

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 says it has sufficient cash and assets to protect its rights.

51 Credit Card under police investigation for violent loan collection practices, denies data theft

The Philippines was the fourth-highest remittance recipient globally at USD 34 billion in 2018.

Japan-based fintech DWC taps into the Philippines' e-wallet business by acquiring fintech firm Speed Money Transfer 

Japan-based fintech DWC taps into the Philippines&#8217; e-wallet business by acquiring fintech firm Speed Money Transfer 

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