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Alibaba Group wants a piece of Farfetch E-commerceStaff WriterNovember 3, 2020Alibaba Group, Farfetch, E-commerce, JD.com, Tencent, China, Online retail, BambuserComment
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Afterpay announces Tencent as substantial shareholder PaymentsStaff WriterMay 4, 2020Tencent, Afterpay, Buy now pay later, Payments, FinTech, Online payments, eBay AustraliaComment
Watsons China announces WeChat Work and Cloud Stores roll-out Bricks and mortar retailStaff WriterJanuary 15, 2020Watsons China, A.S. Watson Group, WeChat Work, China, Cloud Stores, Tencent, Omnichannel retail, WeChat, Big Data, Bricks and mortar retailComment
Tencent heads up Everledger Series A round BlockchainStaff WriterSeptember 24, 2019Everledger, Blockchain, Tencent, Supply chainComment
Alibaba among first to receive Chinese government cryptocurrency CryptocurrenciesStaff WriterAugust 28, 2019Alibaba Group, Online retail, E-commerce, China, Cryptocurrencies, Payments, The People’s Bank of China central bank digital currency, TencentComment
Virtusa fires China/tech giant domination warning E-commerceStaff WriterApril 26, 2018Virtusa, China, Alibaba, Tencent, Amazon, Google, Facebook, E-commerceComment
Walmart shakes up Chinese m-payments market Mobile paymentsStaff WriterMarch 28, 2018Walmart, Alipay, Alibaba, Tencent, WeChat Pay, Mobile payments, PaymentsComment