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.

(source: tencent.com)

China’s Tencent Bets Big On Mobile
China’s Tencent Bets Big On Mobile
October 24, 2014  |  International

Alibaba’s biggest rival in China, Tencent, has just led a $350 million funding round for a startup called Koudai Gouwu that could challenge Alibaba where...

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Alipay Wallet’s Remarkable Volume
Alipay Wallet’s Remarkable Volume
October 20, 2014  |  Mobile

Alipay Wallet has confirmed 190 million annual active users and is delivering 45 million daily transactions, with more than half of that coming directly from...

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Chinese Payments Giants Alibaba And Tencent Are Now Bankers
Chinese Payments Giants Alibaba And Tencent Are Now Bankers
October 06, 2014  |  Cool

China’s two biggest online services already have large payments operations — and now both have permission to be bankers, too. On Monday (Sept. 29), Alibaba...

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Guess What?  Alibaba And Tencent Are Now Bankers
Guess What? Alibaba And Tencent Are Now Bankers
October 06, 2014  |  Consumer Finance

China’s two biggest online services already have large payments operations — and now both have permission to be bankers, too. On Monday (Sept. 29), Alibaba...

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Alibaba And Tencent Duke It Out Over Financial Services
Alibaba And Tencent Duke It Out Over Financial Services
October 02, 2014  |  International

Alibaba and Tencent are engaged in a struggle to control the internet, both in China and possibly worldwide.  Their latest battlefield will apparently be financial...

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Tencent Takes Stake in Mall, Pushes Mobile Payment App
Tencent Takes Stake in Mall, Pushes Mobile Payment App
September 26, 2014  |  Mobile

As part of an effort to push its mobile payment app as deeply into retail as possible, China-based Tencent Holdings has increased the size of...

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Alibaba IPO Is Done, So Now What?
Alibaba IPO Is Done, So Now What?
September 20, 2014  |  Hmmm

Order imbalances may have delayed Alibaba’s initial public offering for a bit on Friday (Sept. 19), but the company made a ton of money nonetheless....

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