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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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Today in FinTech: Changes Coming to WeChat Pay; Binance Seeks Brazilian Bank; Monite Automates SME AP
Today in FinTech: Changes Coming to WeChat Pay; Binance Seeks Brazilian Bank; Monite Automates SME...
March 20, 2022  |  Regulation

In today’s FinTech news, Tencent could be faced with spinning WeChat Pay into its payments subsidiary, while crypto exchange Binance looks to acquire a bank...

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Economists’ Reports Examining China’s Growth Deleted From WeChat
Economists’ Reports Examining China’s Growth Deleted From WeChat
March 17, 2022  |  International

Two reports, and possibly more, by well-known economists which questioned China’s economic data have been deleted from Chinese social media site WeChat, Bloomberg reported Thursday...

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Tencent to Trim WeChat Transaction Fees for SMBs
Tencent to Trim WeChat Transaction Fees for SMBs
March 03, 2022  |  SMBs

Tencent Holdings Ltd, the China-based global technology and entertainment conglomerate, plans to reduce transaction fees for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) using the WeChat payments...

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Chinese Payments Giant WeChat to Accept Digital Yuan 
Chinese Payments Giant WeChat to Accept Digital Yuan 
January 06, 2022  |  CBDC

China’s largest messaging app says it will begin accepting the country’s digital yuan.  According to media reports Thursday (Jan. 6), Tencent Holdings’ WeChat, which numbers...

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Paysend, Tencent Collaborate on Cross-Border Payments
Paysend, Tencent Collaborate on Cross-Border Payments
December 29, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

Card-to-card and international payments platform Paysend has launched a technology partnership with Tencent Holdings’ FinTech division that will let people receive money over Tencent’s WeChat...

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Tencent’s WeChat Pay Envisions Future Where Payment Options are the Norm
Tencent’s WeChat Pay Envisions Future Where Payment Options are the Norm
December 02, 2021  |  Mobile Payments

China’s crackdown on technology companies that offer payment services had the unintended side effect of opening the lines of communication between competitors like Alibaba and...

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Uncertainty Surrounds PBOC Targeting of Alipay, WeChat Business Use of Personal Codes
Uncertainty Surrounds PBOC Targeting of Alipay, WeChat Business Use of Personal Codes
November 29, 2021  |  International

In China, what seems to be a crackdown on Big Tech — on the payments giants in particular — continues. Or maybe not, depending on...

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Tencent Opens WeChat to Alibaba, Other Social Media Rivals 
Tencent Opens WeChat to Alibaba, Other Social Media Rivals 
November 29, 2021  |  International

Tencent Holdings Ltd. is opening its WeChat groups and will soon allow Alibaba’s Tmall and Taobao, among other social media rivals, to display their own...

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WeChat, Chinese Social Media to Pare Content That ‘Bad Mouths’ Chinese Economy
WeChat, Chinese Social Media to Pare Content That ‘Bad Mouths’ Chinese Economy
August 29, 2021  |  International

The Chinese government is cracking down on financial journalists and commentators who aren’t officially registered with the government, the Global Times, an English-language newspaper controlled...

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