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WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and became one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps in 2018, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

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WeChat Takes On Alibaba With ‘Payments Score’

WeChat Takes On Alibaba With ‘Payments Score’
WeChat Takes On Alibaba With ‘Payments Score’
January 16, 2019  |  Mobile

WeChat is now using a rating system to determine if a user is eligible to receive perks, including deposit-free renting services. Get the Full Story...

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WeChat Eyes Video Streaming, Satellite Apps
WeChat Eyes Video Streaming, Satellite Apps
January 14, 2019  |  Mobile

WeChat’s founder has revealed the company’s next moves as he admits that even the popular platform could potentially become obsolete. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Chinese P2P Falls As Other Payment Ecosystems Expand
Chinese P2P Falls As Other Payment Ecosystems Expand
January 10, 2019  |  Connected Economy

Thanks to a nationwide crackdown on peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in China, a move that came after a series of multibillion dollar scams in that space...

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Tencent To Roll Out Voice-Activated Assistant For WeChat
Tencent To Roll Out Voice-Activated Assistant For WeChat
January 09, 2019  |  Voice Activation

Tencent, the China Internet company, is gearing up to roll out a voice-activated digital assistant for WeChat, its messaging app. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Five At Five: Apple’s 5G Delaying Plan
Five At Five: Apple’s 5G Delaying Plan
December 03, 2018  |  News

Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest on how Apple views...

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TD Ameritrade Integrates With Tencent’s WeChat
TD Ameritrade Integrates With Tencent’s WeChat
December 03, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Monday (December 3) that it is the first U.S.-based brokerage to integrate with Tencent’s WeChat messaging system,...

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Google Backs Away From Chatbots
Google Backs Away From Chatbots
October 08, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

A not so very long time ago, chatbots were forecast to be the next big thing in digital ecosystems. Starting with Facebook’s big announcement of its...

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Typhoon Won’t Delay Hong Kong’s Real-Time Payment Launch: HKMA
Typhoon Won’t Delay Hong Kong’s Real-Time Payment Launch: HKMA
September 19, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Financial service providers in Hong Kong are readying to facilitate real-time payments for both corporate and non-corporate customers as the market’s Faster Payment System (FPS)...

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