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Super apps to help conversational commerce market reach $135 bn by 2027

As super apps slowly become a reality, the global spend via conversational commerce will reach $135 billion by 2027, rising from $39 billion in 2023, a report showed on Tuesday.

Like China's WeChat, Musk will let Twitter users make digital payments

Twitter last week filed registration paperwork with the US authorities to allow it to process payments on the platform

Understanding the e-yuan initiative

There is merit in carefully examining the recent developments in China's sovereign digital currency space and participating in it if India's interests are served

WeChat shuts Bloomberg's financial news account over regulation violation

Tencent-owned WeChat said it had received "complaints" about Bloomberg's "Daybreak" account, which posts global market updates, reports South China Morning Post

Musk wants Twitter to be more like WeChat, to allow 'outrageous' comments

In his first direct call with Twitter employees, Elon Musk briefed them about his plans once he takes over the platform, including making it more like TikTok, WeChat and allowing outrageous comments

Tencent dives 10% on report of record fine for money laundering

Tencent itself has thus far mostly escaped formal regulatory action

Govt bans 54 Chinese apps for security concern about data: Report

India has since June 2020 banned some 224 Chinese bans for national security reasons

Aus PM Morrison loses control of WeChat Chinese account as election looms

Australia's two major political parties have used the social media platform to communicate with Australian voters of Chinese ethnicity in tightly fought electorates since 2019

Australian PM Morrison's WeChat account taken over, says report

Morrison's 76,000 WeChat followers were notified his page had been renamed "Australian Chinese new life" earlier this month. The change was made without the government's knowledge: Report

WeChat bargain hunters seek profits in China property bond rout

Some investors in China and overseas see similar opportunities in discounted Chinese debt

World's biggest pension fund won't buy China sovereign debt: Report

The decision comes as FTSE Russell is set to start adding Chinese debt to its benchmark global bond index, which the GPIF follows, from October

Tencent bows to regulator, opens WeChat to rival application links

Tencent had restricted users from sharing content from Douyin. In Feb, Douyin filed a complaint at a Beijing court saying this was monopolistic behaviour

China's IT ministry targets 43 apps including Tencent's WeChat

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Wednesday it found 43 apps had harrassed users and ordered their parent companies to make rectifications.

It's loading: Paytm looks to become a super app by the end of year

700 developers on its mini app store; will touch 2,000-3,000 by year end

Amid crackdown, China's Tencent to review kids' use of WeChat

China's biggest gaming company, Tencent, said it would review whether it adequately limits children's access to live streaming and other features

Tencent's WeChat suspends new user registration for security compliance

Shares in Tencent plunged 9.0% in Hong Kong on Tuesday

Biden revoking Trump-era TikTok, WeChat ban orders 'positive step': China

China on Thursday welcomed the US move to drop the Trump-era executive orders to ban its popular apps TikTok and WeChat

TikTok, WeChat ban lifted, Biden signs new orders to shield US information

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order revoking the Trump-era bans on Chinese application TikTok and WeChat and signed another executive order to protect US information technology

White House drops Trump's executive orders trying to ban TikTok, WeChat

The Biden administration's move reflects the ongoing concern that Americans' personal data could be exposed by popular apps tied to China

Chinese app Club Factory may invoke force majeure to counter Indian firms

In June 2020, India banned several Chinese apps. Club Factory is citing that decision as a situation beyond its control