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What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

China

Founder Wu Dezhou says depth in niche markets matters more than mass appeal when building consumer wearables.

The Garmin of AI glasses? ARknovv’s smart specs are built for athletes, not the masses

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How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Coffee

With over 150 stores and renewed profitability, boutique coffee chain Algebraist Coffee is staying selective and staying in the game.

Profit over pace: Algebraist Coffee finds footing after China’s coffee shakeout

A price reset and a hard push on Douyin and Pinduoduo fueled Three Squirrels’ turnaround, driving sales back to their 2019 highs.

From slump to RMB 10 billion comeback: How a Chinese snack brand found new life in social commerce

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

Ant Group forms new SaaS company amid regulatory scrutiny of its consumer services. One of Ant Group’s largest enterprise clients is China’s central bank.

Ant Group forms new SaaS company amid regulatory scrutiny of its consumer services

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Jiaxing Li

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

Ant Group to shutter China’s largest mutual aid platform Xiang Hu Bao this week. Xiang Hu Bao has issued payouts to 186,000 patients since its inception.

Ant Group to shutter China’s largest mutual aid platform Xiang Hu Bao this week

Alipay investment vehicles taken offline mere days after launch. Ant Group has undergone many changes to adhere to new regulations.

Ant Fortune's investment vehicles taken offline mere days after launch

Ant Fortune&#8217;s investment vehicles taken offline mere days after launch

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Mengyuan Ge

Alipay, a fintech platform by Ant Group, offers mobile payments, financial services, and e-commerce integrations, supporting transactions globally.

Alipay

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Alipay adds privacy feature as Chinese users become increasingly concerned with data protection. Regulators now require data handling to be transparent.

Alipay adds privacy feature as Chinese users become increasingly concerned with data protection

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

Didi halts mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations. Major mutual aid platforms have been suspended as regulators rein in tech firms.

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank. Huabei is utilized by 190 million people.

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank

Chinese regulators break up Alipay, split off loan business. Online lending is being curbed while Beijing builds a stake-backed credit scoring system.

Chinese regulators break up Alipay, split off loan business

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

Southeast Asia

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

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F&B platform Chope recently signed a strategic partnership with Alipay that will allow merchants to set up mini apps on the Chope app.

6 thoughts from Chope CEO Arrif Ziaudeen on digitizing restaurants across Southeast Asia

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Khamila Mulia

Myanmar

Wave Money has lost half of its users since Myanmar's coup in February. Ant Group has scrapped plans to buy a minority stake for USD 73 million.

Wave Money has lost half of its app users since Myanmar's coup in February

Wave Money has lost half of its app users since Myanmar&#8217;s coup in February

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