Apple and Tencent agree to 15% fee on WeChat mini game purchases
The deal opens a new revenue stream for Apple and takes pressure off Tencent
Apps vs alliances: The SEA playbook of rivals Tencent and Ant
Both companies’ strategies underscore their visions of South-east Asia’s fintech market potential
Huawei, Tencent near deal to exclude WeChat from revenue sharing
HUAWEI Technologies is nearing a deal to let Tencent Holdings’s WeChat super app operate fully on its Harmony mobile platform without sharing any revenue, a concession designed to defend its newfound ...
China’s mammoth effort to get foreigners to spend, spend, spend
ON a visit to Beijing last June, Cecilia Skingsley joined her colleagues for dinner at a restaurant in the financial district on the west side of the city near the headquarters of the central bank.
Genting Singapore investors unfazed by Beijing’s warning to its citizens to stay away from gambling
SHARES of integrated resort operator Genting Singapore barely shifted hours after the Chinese government issued a public reminder on WeChat for Chinese citizens to “stay away from gambling”.
Super apps in Asia, ‘everything app’ in America?
All-in-one apps that dominate China and other Asian markets may soon materialise in the US, albeit with significant variations
Australia should extend TikTok ban to WeChat, Senate report says
Australia should consider extending a ban on TikTok from government devises to include WeChat, a panel of lawmakers said, in the latest move from Canberra to crack down on potential influence linked t...
Apple opens store on China’s WeChat platform
Tencent’s WeChat said on Tuesday (Jul 11) that iPhone maker Apple has opened a store on its social media platform, marking an expansion of the US company’s retail channels in the world’s second-larges...
Chinese payment giants revive effort to accept foreign credit cards
CHINESE tech giants Tencent Holdings and Ant Group said that they would allow users to link international credit cards to their platforms, an issue that has long plagued foreign visitors as the countr...
Outspoken market analyst's Chinese social media accounts suspended
The Chinese social media accounts of an outspoken Hong Kong-based market strategist were suspended after a series of downbeat commentaries and a slump in mainland equities to 2-year lows on Covid-19 l...
