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Viewpoint: As Facebook looks to WeChat, China’s digital world is wowing the West, and globalisation is no longer a one-way street
With even Silicon Valley giants like Facebook learning from the hyperconnected WeChat universe, the investment in data and AI by the Chinese state and companies is paying off.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Race is on for Southeast Asia ‘super app’ amid internet economy growth expectations
Southeast Asia’s internet economy is set to grow but experts say that providers must focus on building trust by showing that mobile technology can help the marginalized.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- digital payments, fintech
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This Mobile App Backed by Jack Ma Is Mimicking Ant Financial
Mynt, the Philippine mobile payments operator backed by billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial, plans to roll out insurance products en route to becoming a sprawling financial services platform in its Chinese ally’s image.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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- digital finance, fintech
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Alibaba, Tencent and other major names form $1.45B ride-hailing venture
The big pile of cash will go towards “car-sharing services powered by renewable energy,” an offering that nicely aligns with Beijing’s push to electrify the transportation sector
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- Energy, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Grab vs. Go-Jek: Inside Asia’s Battle of the ‘Super Apps’
In Southeast Asia, the super-app model is evolving more rapidly than anywhere else in the world.
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Go-Pay sets out to ‘strengthen’ its digital wallet presence in cash-reliant Indonesia
Fintech — or financial technology, which can be broadly defined as digital innovation in financial services — has been gaining traction in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
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- Finance, Technology
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Impact Investing Must Hold Chinese Companies to Same Ethical Standards
As China stocks gain foreign investors, their ESG impact should be assessed lest global investors practice hypocrisy.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: How China’s e-commerce playbook can help emerging economies transform
Emerging markets, like China’s, have the advantage of a sizeable young population that is highly adaptable, if not already at home in the mobile digital era. Better yet, by learning from US tech leaders, emerging markets will have the best of both worlds
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- Technology
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- e-commerce
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