Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) has watched its QQ instant messaging service take a back seat to its hugely popular younger sibling, WeChat. But the lopsided attention they have been getting from the mark ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-16
... s popular WeChat mobile messaging service into Hong Kong, and is now experimenting with a move into North America. Hong Kong is an obvious starting point for such expansion, since it shares many quali ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-16
... operates Wechat Payment and Alibaba which owns Alipay Wallet. Both predate Baidu by at least eight months. China's so-called BAT triumvirate (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent) have been driving mergers and ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-16
... d Mexico. WeChat, the international version of Weixin, has racked up more than 100 million downloads, according to the Google Play store. But Ma may need to fast track plans, with Facebook also prepar ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
... 00700.HK) WeChat service. Weibo needed to lower its targets to help ensure the success of the IPO. Fresh funding is key for Weibo to transform itself from a social media platform to an interactive por ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-08
... nth, is a WeChat-like application for internal business communication. Staff can use it within the company to communicate, check in for work, submit documents and apply for claims, among other functio ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-08
... to QQ and WeChat users for small transactions such as paying for a dinner or settling a phone bill. When Agricultural Bank of China vice president Li Zhenjiang suggested that third-party online paymen ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
... g product WeChat already has hundreds of millions of users, and a good relationship with carriers is crucial to the platform's smooth operations. Some suggest that Tencent could trigger retaliation if ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
... ia QQ and WeChat apps. With a slew of initiatives in the recent past, Alibaba and Tencent are now competing head-to-head in almost all the business segments in China's internet market. Alibaba is keen ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-28
... 00700.HK) WeChat but focusing on corporate users. Xu is optimistic about China's information technology industry despite the country's slowing economy. "Information technology was a cost in the past, ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-18
... s popular WeChat instant messaging app to all e-commerce vendors. The vendors need to make a deposit of 20,000 yuan on their WeChat accounts in order to conduct online transactions, with Tencent charg ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-18
... 00700.HK) WeChat messenger app payment channel reached 665 million yuan last year, the report said. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] MY/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-17
At least a dozen popular public WeChat accounts - some followed by hundreds of thousands subscribers - were shut down or suspended Thursday, the South China Morning Post reported Friday. Some of the a ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-14
... gh QQ and WeChat platforms, among others, and the two sides will strengthen cooperation in online payments, according to the filing. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] MY/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-10
... on on its WeChat mobile shopping platform in a bid to grab business from Alibaba, the report said. Group-buy and travel services are likely to be the key battlegrounds for the online retailers, an ana ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-07
... 's QQ and WeChat services. Such an arrangement will make a whole world of difference in tapping the utmost potential of their products. Tencent is the leading player in the desktop online game sector, ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-06
The recent deal flurry in the internet sector has fueled hopes for a quick build-up in the valuation of WeChat, the instant messaging app of Tencent Holdings Ltd. (00700.HK), sending the share price o ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-28
... atting on WeChat, Tencent’s instant messaging platform which boasts half a billion users. They decide to meet up for dinner, and to find the best restaurant in terms of food, location and prices, the ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-28
... s popular WeChat application, Shanghai Daily reported Thursday. Alibaba declined to comment on the market rumor, but market watchers said Line could complement the company’s shortage in the online mes ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-27
... Tencent's WeChat (half a billion at last count). Facebook is settling 20 percent of the deal in cash, the rest with its own shares which are trading at 100 times price earnings multiple. Zuckerberg pr ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-26
