Xiaochun Zhao

Didi users in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong will be able to tap into their Didi app for taxi-hailing in the city.

Plus, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is packaging its airline loyalty programme KrisFlyer into a digital wallet. India’s largest online retailer Flipkart reported a 68% jump in losses.

The funding will help the startup explore opportunities in e-commerce.

Plus, Asia Law Network has expanded its Quick Consult service to Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and Indonesia. India will move to stamp out use of cryptocurrencies.

Highlights from the past week, as well as something cool for the weekend.

Plus, Tencent, Alibaba is buying 33 percent in Ant Financial. Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant and Google parent Alphabet are in talks to build a technology hub.

HLA is China’s leading menswear brand with more than 5000 stores across the country.

Plus, SoftBank is set to buy a 51% stake in LINE. Toutiao sued Toutiao for unfair competition.