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JD.com, China’s second largest e-commerce platform, announced on Wednesday a 12-month plan to buy back US$1 billion shares – worth around 3.5% of the firm’s total market cap –

No concierge. No room cards. No room telephones. Only robot receptionists, facial recognition machines for room access and Tmall Genie to fulfil your requests. FlyZoo, Alibaba’s futuristic hotel

The popular light blogging service is cleansing its platform to regain popularity among users.

Indonesian fintech player launches an aggregator app to streamline offline payments.

Ant Financial plans to further its international expansion plan via the takeover of World First.

The startup aims to become an all-in-one online platform for users to manage legacy services.

After a US$40 million strategic investment and US$120 million Series E in 2016 and 2017 respectively, Tencent raises its stakes in YuanFudao.com (YFD) with fresh funds of US$300 million. Existing inve

Luckin’s local archrival, coffee delivery startup Coffee Box, is ramping up its offline presence with over 50 large-scale coffee stores in first-tier cities in China by early 2019. Earlier this