May 25, 2022
Payoneer Names Former Alibaba President John Caplan as Co-CEO
Commerce tech company Payoneer has appointed former Alibaba President John Caplan as its co-CEO and director, joining CEO Scott Galit in the lead role for the company, according to a...
May 08, 2022
BlueSnap Gets License To Keep Helping Israeli Companies With Finances
BlueSnap, which works in global payments and provides advanced payment and clearing services, now has a license from Israel’s Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority to provide financial asset services....
March 31, 2022
Entering the Storm: An Overview of Recent Anti-monopoly Investigations in...
The current “anti-monopoly enforcement storm” was prompted by China’s top leadership in late 2020 under the policy objective of “preventing disorderly expansion of capital”. China’s anti-monopoly regulator, SAMR (and its...
March 31, 2022
China’s Practice in Finding Market Dominance of Online Platforms
In the past year, one of the most important and noteworthy events for China’s antitrust legislation and enforcement has been the intensification of antitrust scrutiny of large online platforms, with...
March 24, 2022
Big Data Markets and Competition Law in Asia
The sheer size of e-commerce markets in Asia and their projected growth are remarkable. South Korea’s projected e-commerce revenues in 2025, for example, are comparable to France and Italy, and...
March 14, 2022
Kirkland & Ellis Hires New M&A Pro In China
Kirkland & Ellis has hired private equity lawyer Peng Yu as a partner in Hong Kong as it continues to build its Greater China presence, the firm said Monday. Yu was...
February 21, 2022
Singapore FinTech M-DAQ Buys Wallex in Prep for IPO
FinTech startup M-DAQ has bought B2B cross-border payment provider Wallex to help it expand more in Southeast Asia, according to a company release (Feb. 22). This could also pave the...
February 06, 2022
Sen. Toomey: China’s Digital Yuan Could Open Doors for U.S....
Senator Pat Toomey, who is a top member of the Senate Banking Committee, has said China’s digital yuan could open a door for the U.S. to get more heavily into...
February 04, 2022
China Nears Fully Cashless Economy
China has taken two steps closer to a fully cashless economy after two small private Chinese banks announced last month that they would end services related to bank notes and...