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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more

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Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

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The Chinese tech company is spending billions, snapping up talent in its battle against the US crackdown.

Huawei building vast chip equipment R&D center in Shanghai | KrASIA

Huawei building vast chip equipment R&#038;D center in Shanghai

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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

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Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

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

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Meituan Shangou, its quick commerce business, could play a significant role in its strategy to counter competition from main rival Douyin.

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business | KrASIA

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

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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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OCBC: Building a future-proof bank. The Singaporean bank is leveraging Web3 technologies such as blockchain to drive future growth.

OCBC: Building a future-proof bank | KrASIA

OCBC: Building a future-proof bank

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Google-led report shows online economy expanding, but with slower growth.

ASEAN's digital payment market to reach US 2 trillion in 2030: study | KrASIA

ASEAN&#8217;s digital payment market to reach US 2 trillion in 2030: study

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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120,000 merchants accept e-payments from Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand.

Ant Group allows use of Southeast Asian payment apps in South Korea | KrASIA

Ant Group allows use of Southeast Asian payment apps in South Korea

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

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Fintechs fuse ASEAN's in-store, online payments as shoppers return. Stripe to expand with launch of cashless terminals in Singapore.

Fintechs fuse ASEAN's in-store, online payments as shoppers return | KrASIA

Fintechs fuse ASEAN&#8217;s in-store, online payments as shoppers return

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

Alibaba

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

Philippines, Vietnam study digital currencies as Alipay, WeChat Pay spread. More Southeast Asian countries moving in the direction of early issuer Cambodia.

Philippines, Vietnam study digital currencies as Alipay, WeChat Pay spread | KrASIA

Philippines, Vietnam study digital currencies as Alipay, WeChat Pay spread

2C2P aims beyond Southeast Asia with Ant Group investment. Majority stake gives Ant access to large regional retailers and airlines.

2C2P aims beyond Southeast Asia with Ant Group investment | KrASIA

2C2P aims beyond Southeast Asia with Ant Group investment

Live Streaming

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

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Tencent shares plunge on reports of money laundering violations and new draft regulations on online usage caps for minors.

Tencent shares plunge on reports of money laundering violations and new rules on online usage caps for minors | KrASIA

Tencent shares plunge on reports of money laundering violations and new rules on online usage caps for minors

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Mengyuan Ge

Indonesia

Conglomerates team up with e-wallet providers to supercharge Indonesia’s fintech sector. Fintech services are integrating with the country’s enterprises.

Conglomerates team up with e-wallet providers to supercharge Indonesia’s fintech sector | KrASIA

Conglomerates team up with e-wallet providers to supercharge Indonesia’s fintech sector

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Khamila Mulia

Thailand

Vietnam

Open finance startups are shaping the future of payments in Southeast Asia. Brankas, Finantier, and Brick are driving fintech adoption in the region.

Open finance startups are shaping the future of payments in Southeast Asia | KrASIA

Open finance startups are shaping the future of payments in Southeast Asia

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