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All of Airbnb's 150,000 mainland Chinese listings, homes and experiences, will be taken down by this summer, the group has said
The new brand will be rolled out in Singapore and Malaysia, where the firm won digital banking licences, the report said
General Atlantic is in talks with about 15 companies in sectors including technology, financial services, retail and consumer, Sandeep Naik, head of its business in India and SE Asia, said
The fintech startup, which helps firms embed services such as remittance, loans and digital payments into their platforms or apps, will own 100% of Shopmatic, the report said
The US is looking to deepen its economic partnership with Taiwan, a senior US Security Advisor revealed en route to Japan with President Biden
The US tech giant is said to be planning to increase output outside China at sites it has shortlisted in India and Vietnam after being hit hard by Covid lockdowns
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao – or CZ – is said to have lost $87bn of his personal wealth in around 130 days
The audit was prompted by Musk's demand that Twitter prove that phoney and spam accounts constituted no more than 5% of the total
The LKB & Partners law firm filed a lawsuit against Terraform Labs co-founders Do Kwon and Daniel Shin, the Seoul-based Munwha Ilbo newspaper reported
The consultancy urged state authorities to restrict Chinese government-owned companies from state purchase and contracts and restrict university partnerships
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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