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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 Form Research Group To Explore Blockchain Projects
Tencent To Form Research Group To Explore Blockchain Projects
December 26, 2019  |  Blockchain

Chinese technology company Tencent has announced it’s going to start researching cryptocurrency and its implications for an ongoing project in blockchain, according to reports. Media...

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Tencent, Other Chinese Tech Firms Called Out For Privacy Violations
Tencent, Other Chinese Tech Firms Called Out For Privacy Violations
December 19, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

A number of Chinese tech companies were ordered to clean up policies on the way their apps deal with user information or face penalties, according...

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An Automated, AI Fix For Law Firms’ Paper Check Rut
An Automated, AI Fix For Law Firms’ Paper Check Rut
December 18, 2019  |  Disbursements

Checks are continuing their fall from grace, but instant payments still have not risen to take the disbursements crown quite yet. The two payment methods...

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Banking Apps Spread In Brazil As Critics Note Potential For Shakeout
Banking Apps Spread In Brazil As Critics Note Potential For Shakeout
December 17, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

With a bewildering number of choices, banking apps fueled by Tencent Holdings Ltd, SoftBank Group Corp, and other players are spreading in Brazil, as some...

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Ant Financial Ramps Up SEA Capital With $1B Fund
Ant Financial Ramps Up SEA Capital With $1B Fund
November 27, 2019  |  Fintech Investments

China’s Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial is drumming up $1 billion to fund startups in Southeast Asia and India, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Nov. 26) citing...

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Luxury Retail Steps Up Its Offline And Online Game
Luxury Retail Steps Up Its Offline And Online Game
November 26, 2019  |  Retail

Luxury and upscale retail are undergoing some significant changes as the holiday shopping season kicks off and a new decade approaches. Nordstrom is one example...

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ByteDance To Roll Out Music Streaming Service
ByteDance To Roll Out Music Streaming Service
November 18, 2019  |  Retail

With the rollout of its own competing service, the Chinese firm behind the popular TikTok video app is set to rival players such as Apple...

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Burberry And Tencent Team Up For ‘Social Retail’ Store
Burberry And Tencent Team Up For ‘Social Retail’ Store
November 14, 2019  |  Retail

Luxury brand Burberry has teamed up with Tencent in China to offer a “social retail” store to take advantage of China’s online shopping trend and...

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Bitcoin Daily: Tencent Plans To Launch Digital Blockchain Bank; HMRC Does Not Consider Crypto As Currency
Bitcoin Daily: Tencent Plans To Launch Digital Blockchain Bank; HMRC Does Not Consider Crypto As...
November 11, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Tencent has announced that it will launch a blockchain-based virtual bank. The company’s blockchain chief Yige Cai revealed last week that the Hong Kong Securities...

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