Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent Holdings will tie up with Japanese chat app operator LINE Corp for mobile payment services in Japan, the Nikkei Business Daily reported on Tuesday. Starti ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-27
General Motors Co. said it will cut production of slow-selling models and slash its North American workforce because of a declining market for traditional gas-powered sedans, shifting more investment ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-27
Airwallex, a three-year-old fintech startup focused on international payments for businesses, is stepping up focus on Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, tapping small and medium enterprises in the region t ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-26
Two attacks in Pakistan, including a brazen assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, are likely to complicate Prime Minister Imran Khan’s efforts to renegotiate China’s massive, controversial Belt ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-26
Meet Chow Man-hin. Now a secondary-six student at the Pak Kau College in Tin Shui Wai, Chow used to be the typical misbehaving and difficult student every teacher wants to avoid. Years ago, Chow disli ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-23
China's HNA Group has turned to state-owned bad debt manager Cinda Asset Management for advice on asset disposals, Reuters reports, citing people with knowledge of the matter. HNA Group’s vice preside ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-23
SoftBank’s Vision Fund is investing an additional US$2 billion in South Korea’s top e-commerce firm Coupang as the loss-making startup seeks to cement its market dominance, Reuters reports. The latest ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-21
Many people will view the prospect of investing in Asian equities right now as something like catching a falling knife. The perfect storm of a trade war, US dollar strength and rising interest rates h ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-20
Ping An Insurance Group (02318.HK) has invested in Berlin-based financial technology startup Finleap by participating in a funding round worth 41.5 million euros (US$47 million). Shenzhen-based Ping A ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-20
The world’s central bankers have begun to discuss the idea of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and now even the International Monetary Fund and its managing director, Christine Lagarde, are ta ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-20
China should cut corporate and personal income taxes to support the slowing economy amid a trade dispute with the United States, former Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said on Sunday. "There is roo ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-19
Speculators are staging a forceful comeback in China’s stock market, bidding up shares in loss-making companies, as regulators ease rules around trading, fundraising and backdoor listings to prop up s ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-16
