wechat

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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Climbing The Cross-Border Mountain
Climbing The Cross-Border Mountain
January 08, 2016  |  Cross Border Commerce

While there may be a trillion dollar cross-border commerce opportunity out there ready for the taking, the move to actually tap into the market is...

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WeChat’s In-Store Cashless Payments Go Global
WeChat’s In-Store Cashless Payments Go Global
December 02, 2015  |  News

Tencent’s WeChat is expanding its presence far beyond China to monetize the ever-increasing number of globetrotting Chinese consumers. The widely popular Chinese messaging app, which has...

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Tencent’s WeChat Lands In South Africa
Tencent’s WeChat Lands In South Africa
December 01, 2015  |  Mobile Commerce

While consumers in the Western world live in a veritable web of connected devices, shoppers in emerging markets don’t quite have the range of digital amenities...

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WeChat’s New Feature — Quicker P2P Loans
WeChat’s New Feature — Quicker P2P Loans
September 14, 2015  |  Mobile Commerce

Instead of mobile micro-transactions, Tencent is adding a loan feature to its WeChat messaging app that will allow users to send dozens of thousands of...

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WeChat’s Open Hardware Platform Drives IoT Innovation
WeChat’s Open Hardware Platform Drives IoT Innovation
August 28, 2015  |  International

China’s well-known mobile messaging app WeChat is showing increased interest in the Internet of Thing (IoT) with its open hardware platform.

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