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Finance
1 min read

Digital payment firm Vietnam’s second startup unicorn

VNPay has become the second unicorn startup in Vietnam and one of 12 companies in Southeast Asia with a valuation of $1 billion. The payment company was listed as a unicorn in the recent “e-Conomy SEA 2020” report by Google and its partners, alongside well…

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Finance
1 min read

TransferWise Partners Alipay in China

The London-headquartered online money transfer service is teaming up with Chinese payments and lifestyle services platform Alipay to expand remittance options for its users. TransferWise is making more inroads into Asia with a tie-up with mobile payments…

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Finance
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AirAsia’s BigPay Launches International Remittance Services

BigPay, the financial services venture by Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia, has announced the fixed-rate international remittance services across Southeast Asia. BigPay is rolling out cross-border transfers for its users to Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia…

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Electronics
2 min read

Apple ‘fixed’ thousands of fake iPhones

Counterfeit goods are a big problem for any established brand, but when Apple is involved, you know that there will be both demand and supply through the roof given the iPhone role as a status symbol, especially in Asia where most of the fake goods originate…

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Telecom
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China Mobile reports $17.6b profit for 2018

China Mobile has reported a 3.1% increase in net profit for 2018 to 117.78 billion yuan ($17.58 billion) as the company focused on reducing costs and increasing operational efficiency. Operating revenue declined 0.5% in reported terms to 736.82 billion yuan,…