Top 500 Chinese brands in 2021; WeChat is China’s and the world’s strongest brand
Chinese brands show resilience as the total value of the top 500 brands in China remains stable at US$1.94 trillion in 2021, according to the
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China’s mobile online payment users exceeded 852 million in 2020
The number of online payment users in China exceeded 854 million as of December 31, 2020, according to a CNNIC report, accounting for over 86%
How Tencent’s investment strategy made it US$120 billion in 2020
Tencent made a total of about US$120 billion in 2020 through its minority stakes in about 100 listed companies. Such achievements are enough to make
Top 10 predictions for China’s blockchain market 2021-2025
By 2025, blockchain-based electronic voting solutions will become the mainstream solution, and 5% of jurisdictions will conduct blockchain voting system testing in China, according to
Top 10 forecasts for China’s financial services industry in 2021
By 2022, 75% of consumer and small business loans will be made through automated processes supported by artificial intelligence, according to a forecast from IDC.
China saw first online payment using Digital Currency Electronic Payment
China’s first online order by Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DECP) was made by a Suzhou online shopper at JD.com on December 11, right after Suzhou’s
Top 10 FinTech companies in China in 2020
Ant Group has become the most valuable financial technology enterprise in China with a value of 2.1 trillion yuan. Credit Suisse expects Ant’s revenue to
China FinTech unicorn Ant Group’s gross profit exceeded US$10 billion in 2020
Ant Group, China’s fintech unicorn behind Alipay, announced that in the first three quarters of 2020, it realized 118.191 billion yuan of operating revenue, with
S&P Global: Bank disruptors doubling down on mobile payments in China
Users of most payment platforms reported high engagement for mobile payments (around 90% considering the margin of error), with Du Xiaoman Pay users being a
China internet insurance revenues down 2.7% in H1 2020
In the first half of 2020, a total of 72 property insurance companies launched Internet insurance business, and the accumulated premium income of Internet property
China saw over 30 billion mobile payment transactions in Q2 2020, up 27%
China’s central bank People’s Bank of China released the overall situation of payment system operation in the second quarter of 2020. The number of ATM
Alibaba-backed Ant Group going duo-IPOs in Hong Kong and Shanghai
Ant Group, renamed from Ant Financial and the parent company of China’s largest payments platform Alipay and leading provider of financial services technology, announced its
China’s mobile payment market overview Q1 2020
By March 2020, the number of online payment users in China has reached 768 million, an increase of 168 million over the end of 2018,
Ant Financial’s digital bank MYbank saw net profit growth of 91% in 2019
MYbank, a digital bank under Ant Financial Services Group, served 20.87 million small and micro businesses (SME) in China as of the end of 2019,
China third-party mobile payment market overview in 2019
In the fourth quarter of 2019, China’s third-party mobile payment transactions reached 59.8 trillion yuan (US$8.56 trillion), with a year-on-year growth rate of 13.4%. The
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