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Deals, joint ventures & alliances

Synagie inks deal with China's Weimob to help Southeast Asian SMEs penetrate China's e-commerce market

SINGAPORE (June 10): Synagie Corporation, the e-commerce enabler, announced that it has signed an agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Weimob to offer its integrated cross-border e-commerce and advertising solutions that will help SMEs in Southeast

Tencent-backed Sea to raise US$1.35 bil in US share sale

(Mar 6): Sea, operator of Southeast Asia’s biggest gaming platform, has raised US$1.35 billion ($1.83 billion) after increasing the size of a follow-on stock offering.

Disruption and Digitalisation

Super Apps, Asia's new innovation, to change cities, economies

SINGAPORE (Nov 7): The ability to communicate, shop online, order rides, read books, play games, get food delivery and pay for anything within a single, unified smartphone app is Asia’s defining innovation, technology leaders said at Bloomberg’s New E

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You can now WhatsApp, WeChat your DBS relationship managers

(Sept 11): DBS Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s biggest bank, unveiled a service that will allow wealthy clients to interact with their relationship managers on WeChat and WhatsApp.

Global Markets

Technology is modernising China’s Lunar New Year holiday

BANGKOK (Feb 15): In many ways, China’s Lunar New Year holiday is America’s Thanksgiving, Christmas and Independence Day all rolled into one.

Tech

How Tencent became an internet giant

SINGAPORE (Jan 15): For years, Chinese internet companies such as Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding and Baidu have had an unfair advantage over their Western counterparts such as Google parent Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon.com in that China’s lax

Tencent buys 4.95% stake in China's leading investment bank for $493 mil

SINGAPORE (Sept 21): Tencent Holdings is coming for your dollars.

Tech

Hong Kong's stock fortunes are tied to Tencent like never before

HONG KONG (May 23): Tencent Holdings Ltd. has become the undisputed ruler of Hong Kong stocks.

Tech

China’s web giants expected to post sales growth above 40%

HONG KONG (May 17): China’s internet titans are set to supply ample evidence that online spending continues to defy a slowdown in the world’s second largest economy.
Starbucks, Frappuccino

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Faster frappuccinos in China as Starbucks joins WeChat payments

(Dec 8): WeChat lets users text friends, post selfies and pay a gas bill with a smartphone. From today, the blockbuster Chinese app, known as Weixin Pay in China, can also be used to buy a Java Chip Frappuccino.
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