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ant financial, Dana, features, Fintech, Go-Jek, Go-Pay, Indonesia, mobile wallets, payments, Paytm

Why Ant Financial-backed Dana may struggle to catch up with other Indonesian payments apps

Photo credit: idspopd / 123RF Ant Financial, which has risen to become one of the world’s biggest private tech firms…

Diaspora, entrepreneurship, features, investing, it outsourcing, Startups, startups in vietnam, Vietnam

Returning Vietnamese are making their mark on Vietnam’s burgeoning startup scene

Christina’s founder Thu Nguyen / Photo credit: Benjamin Bathke “Today, he’s here back in the country of his birth because…

Asia, bike sharing, consumer tech, Dianping, didi, e-commerce, features, food delivery, ipo, meituan, OFO, ride-hailing

Meituan-Dianping reveals its net loss has narrowed to $438m ahead of IPO

Photo credit: Meituan Waimai Chinese lifestyle services behemoth Meituan-Dianping said today its net loss narrowed last year while revenue grew…

Alibaba, ant financial, Business-to-business, Cashless, China, digital payment, features, financial service, Fintech, payment

Ant Financial says it doesn’t really compete with financial firms. Here’s why

Photo credit: Ant Financial Ant Financial isn’t meant to be a financial services company, though it has been operating as…

features, food delivery, Go-Jek, Grab, Gruber, Indonesia, on-demand services, Philippines, ride-hailing, Singapore, Southeast Asia, startup ecosystem, Thailand, Transportation, uber, Vietnam

Go-Jek’s hands-off approach to regional expansion may be a risky gamble

Photo credit: Go-Jek Go-Jek’s recent unveiling of its US$500 million regional expansion plan was one of the most anticipated –…

China, e-commerce, ecommerce, features, financial services, Fintech, Go-Jek, Grab, Southeast Asia, WeChat

How Southeast Asia might be remade in China’s image

Livestreamers doing their thing. / Photo credit: Eva Xiao China leads the world in fintech adoption, according to a 2017…

ByteDance, China, Douyin, features, Media, short videos, Social Media, Tencent, Toutiao

Tencent-Bytedance legal spat highlights China’s escalating short-video war

Slogan of Tencent‘s short-video app Weishi: to discover the more interesting / Image credit: Weishi Tencent and Bytedance are in…

artificial intelligence, Baidu, Baidu Search, Bat, China, features

A closer look at what Baidu COO’s exit means

Qi Lu speaking at Baidu AI Developer Conference in July, 2017. / Image credit: Baidu On May 18, Baidu announced…

China, Entertainment, features, games, Gaming, Mobile, Mobile Games, Social Media, Social network, Tencent, WeChat

WeChat mini games have now amassed nearly half a billion users

An attendee at WeChat’s annual conference playing a VR version of the mini game Tiao Yi Tiao. / Photo credit:…

Alibaba, China, e-commerce, ecommerce, features, JD, manufacturers, Netease, OBM, ODM, OEM, Taobao, Xiaomi

China’s gaming giant and other tech firms are betting on this new ecommerce niche

Netease CEO William Ding Lei showed off his firm’s new ecommerce endeavor – affordable premium goods – at a top…