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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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InternationalTD Ameritrade Integrates With Tencent's WeChat
TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Monday (December 3) that it is...
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Artificial IntelligenceGoogle Backs Away From Chatbots
A not so very long time ago, chatbots were forecast to be the next...
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B2B PaymentsTyphoon Won't Delay Hong Kong's Real-Time Payment Launch: HKMA
Financial service providers in Hong Kong are readying to facilitate real-time payments for both...
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Mobile ApplicationsChina’s Messenger App Duel Shows Bullet Aimed At WeChat
In business, as in life, success breeds imitation. Call it the entrepreneurial equivalent of...
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RetailChinese Consumers Drive Sales Growth For Luxury Goods
As shoppers around the world headed out to purchase those internationally-known, little blue boxes,...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Thailand Central Bank To Adopt Ripple Rival; WeChat...
Bitcoin got a jump, spiking more than $400 to about a two-week high and...
- Digital Payments
WeChat Pay Expands To Malaysia
Tencent's WeChat, which is the leading messaging app in China, has rolled out a...
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EarningsTencent’s Profit Drop Drags On Chinese, Tech Stocks
There’s a saying that Wall Street does not like surprises — and certainly not earnings...
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Global PaymentsBambora Teams Up With Payworks, The Bank Of East Asia...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world....
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B2B PaymentsWeChat Tests Blockchain For Automated Employee Expense Management
WeChat, an online messaging service operated by Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent, is looking to...
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MobileNokia, T-Mobile $3.5B 5G Deal Promises Payments, Commerce Changes
T-Mobile has signed a $3.5 billion deal with Finnish firm Nokia, which will provide the...
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Mobile ApplicationsGrab Opens App Up To Third-Party Developers
Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing app company, is trying to expand its business — and...
