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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.

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

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Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors

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Deals in brief: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more

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The industry is aiming to start mutual use of QR code payment systems in Southeast Asia and India by Expo 2025 Osaka.

Japan to collaborate on Chinese payment services with joint QR code | KrASIA

Japan to collaborate on Chinese payment services with joint QR code

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Users can now buy life insurance products through the Traveloka app.

Indonesian unicorn Traveloka introduces new insurtech services through Traveloka Protect | KrASIA

Indonesian unicorn Traveloka introduces new insurtech services through Traveloka Protect

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Khamila Mulia

Rahayu is the PR director of Indonesia's travel tech unicorn Traveloka.

Sufintri Rahayu of Traveloka on the power of being a good communicator: Women in Tech | KrASIA

Sufintri Rahayu of Traveloka on the power of being a good communicator: Women in Tech

Luxstay strives to capitalize on its understanding of local home-sharing market to challenge Airbnb.

Luxstay, the Vietnamese startup that wants to take on Airbnb: Startup Stories | KrASIA

Luxstay, the Vietnamese startup that wants to take on Airbnb: Startup Stories

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Thu Huong Le

OYO Rooms, commonly known as OYO, is India's largest hospitality company, consisting mainly of budget hotels. It was founded in 2013 by Ritesh Agarwal and has since grown to over 12,000 hotels in 337 cities in India, Malaysia, UAE, Nepal, China and Indonesia.

RedDoorz

Japanese e-commerce group opens new front in its battle with SoftBank.

Singapore's RedDoorz hotel chain raises USD 70 million as Rakuten jumps in | KrASIA

Singapore&#8217;s RedDoorz hotel chain raises USD 70 million as Rakuten jumps in

Find out how these startups are making overseas travel less stressful.

Making traveling easier and more convenient: Early Stage | KrASIA

Making traveling easier and more convenient: Early Stage

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Ken Wong

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

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Alipay and WeChat Pay lure Chinese outbound tourists with favorable exchange rates and streamlined processes.

China’s top two mobile giants take battle to tax refunds | KrASIA

China’s top two mobile giants take battle to tax refunds

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RedDoorz expects to have 15,000 hotels in its portfolio by 2022.

Singapore’s online hotel booking site RedDoorz targets Southeast Asia push | KrASIA

Singapore’s online hotel booking site RedDoorz targets Southeast Asia push

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Southeast Asia and the Middle East are crucial to OYO's international expansion, according to founder Ritesh Agarwal.

OYO appoints CEO for Southeast Asia and Middle East | KrASIA

OYO appoints CEO for Southeast Asia and Middle East

This new investment could value Traveloka at USD 4.5 billion, according to the WSJ.