tencent

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate holding company founded in 1998, whose subsidiaries specialise in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

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Tencent to Allow Visa Credit Cards to Be Linked to WeChat
Tencent to Allow Visa Credit Cards to Be Linked to WeChat
June 28, 2023  |  Credit Cards

Tencent will allow Visa credit cards to be linked to its WeChat app. When this ability is rolled out next month, foreign tourists visiting China...

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Metaverse Visions Are Vanishing As Consumers Gravitate to the Digital Connected Economy
Metaverse Visions Are Vanishing As Consumers Gravitate to the Digital Connected Economy
March 29, 2023  |  Metaverse

Is the metaverse doomed, or do people just enjoy seeing Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg humbled in a time just before a digital singularity where social media gets...

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Tencent Targets European Cloud Market
Tencent Targets European Cloud Market
January 12, 2023  |  Technology

Tencent Cloud will provide cloud services in Europe through a strategic partnership with Traac. The cloud business of Chinese technology giant Tencent announced the collaboration...

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CE 100 Gains 3.1% as Tencent Leads Payment Names Higher
CE 100 Gains 3.1% as Tencent Leads Payment Names Higher
December 05, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Connected economy names surged as investors cheered signs of resilient consumer spending. To that end, the CE 100 Index outpaced the broader markets, gaining 3.1%...

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Thunes’ ‘Pay the World’ Vision Now Includes WeChat’s 1.3B Users
Thunes’ ‘Pay the World’ Vision Now Includes WeChat’s 1.3B Users
November 22, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Thunes has teamed up with China’s Tencent Financial Technology, allowing members of the Thunes network to send payments to the 1.3 billion users on Tencent’s...

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CE 100 Index Slips Slightly Despite Porch’s 58% Rally
CE 100 Index Slips Slightly Despite Porch’s 58% Rally
November 21, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Earnings season draws ever nearer to its close. And for the Connected Economy 100 Index, headed into a shortened Thanksgiving holiday week, a few notable...

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Tencent Looks to Sell Stake in Food Delivery Firm Meituan
Tencent Looks to Sell Stake in Food Delivery Firm Meituan
August 16, 2022  |  Big Tech

China’s Tencent Holdings wants to sell most — if not all — of its stake in the food delivery platform Meituan as the government cracks...

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Tencent Halts NFT Sales to Public on Huanhe Amid Regulatory Pressure
Tencent Halts NFT Sales to Public on Huanhe Amid Regulatory Pressure
August 16, 2022  |  NFTs

New sales to the public of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are now halted on the Tencent platform Huanhe as regulatory scrutiny in China intensifies. Owners of...

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NFT Weekly: China’s Tencent, Minecraft Leave the Game
NFT Weekly: China’s Tencent, Minecraft Leave the Game
July 26, 2022  |  NFTs

Even with cryptocurrencies banned in China, some of the top retailers held fast on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which weren’t quite covered by the law, although...

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