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

Temasek

Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

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.

Venture Capital

India

Philippines

Singapore

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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Marvin Goh

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

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

Transportation

Electric vehicle

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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Nikkei Asia

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

Alibaba

Taobao

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.

Tencent

Tmall

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.

Wechat

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

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

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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MENA

Markets in the Middle East are moving towards cashless payments, with online shopping surging and diversity in payment methods.

Adyen expands to Middle East, opens Dubai office | KrASIA

Adyen expands to Middle East, opens Dubai office

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Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Google

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

India Tech

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Smartphones

Startups that have received letters from CCI include Paytm, Zomato, PhonePe, UpGrad, Dream11, GOQii, Razorpay, and Matrimony.com.

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India antitrust regulator probes Google&#8217;s alleged abuse of market dominance

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Avanish Tiwary

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

Linkaja

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

LinkAja received a total commitment of up to USD 100 million from investors.

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Grab invests in Indonesian payment platform LinkAja

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Khamila Mulia

Lure of big returns remains despite reminder of Beijing's power.

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China investors rethink market risk after Ant&#8217;s scuppered IPO

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Facebook

PhonePe

WhatsApp Pay can now be used by 20 million users in India.

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Indian regulators give nod to phased full rollout of WhatsApp&#8217;s payment feature

KBZ Bank launches inbound cross-border remittance

Only USD 2.8 billion was being transferred through formal remittance channels last year, with around USD 5.2 billion being left out every year.

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Myanmar’s KBZ Bank launches inbound cross-border remittance

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Stephanie Li

Flipkart's payment arm PhonePe emerged as the top UPI payment destination.

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Digital payments over India&#8217;s UPI doubled in a year, crossing two billion mark

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

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

China Tech

Fintech company brings credit to small businesses often shunned by banks.

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How AI and vast data support Ant Group&#8217;s financial empire

Hong Kong leg also appears headed for clawback to retail buyers.

Payments

Adyen expands to Middle East, opens Dubai office

India antitrust regulator probes Google’s alleged abuse of market dominance

Grab invests in Indonesian payment platform LinkAja

China investors rethink market risk after Ant’s scuppered IPO

Indian regulators give nod to phased full rollout of WhatsApp’s payment feature

KBZ Bank launches inbound cross-border remittance

Digital payments over India’s UPI doubled in a year, crossing two billion mark

How AI and vast data support Ant Group’s financial empire

Ant draws USD 2.8 trillion in bids from mom-and-pop investors in Shanghai

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