Revamped Tata Neu to bet on loyalty, financial services: Tata Digital CEO Sajith SivanandanTata Digital is pivoting Tata Neu from a broad commerce aggregator to a loyalty-led financial services platform, focusing on payments, inve...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.26 AM IST
Russia sees China's WeChat, Douyin as models for its homegrown Max messengerThe Kremlin is pushing Russians to use Max instead of Telegram, currently the country's most popular messaging app, but is facing stiff r...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
Tencent seizes momentum in China’s AI race against AlibabaTencent in just the past week introduced several signature products aimed at tapping a national enthusiasm for AI agents like OpenClaw — au...
18 Mar, 2026, 09.14 AM IST
Russian intelligence says it collects WeChat data: What does that mean?The disclosure highlights the rising level of concern about Chinese influence in Russia as the two countries deepen their relationship. As ...
08 Jun, 2025, 04.59 PM IST
Chinese payment giants Tencent and Ant revive effort to accept foreign credit cardsTencent, operator of the popular chat app WeChat and payment network WeChat Pay, said on Wednesday that WeChat users overseas can link cred...
28 Jun, 2023, 02.58 PM IST
Tencent bets big on WeChat Channels in push to build its own TikTokWeChat Pay became the second-biggest player in China's mobile payment market within a year of its 2013 launch, behind Alipay which is owned...
13 Jan, 2023, 02.19 PM IST
China's WeChat shuts Bloomberg's financial news accountTencent-owned WeChat said it had received "complaints" about Bloomberg's "Daybreak" account, which posts global market updates, reports Sou...
08 Jul, 2022, 03.59 PM IST
JD.com to issue shares worth $220 million to Tencent for WeChat accessThe deal follows Tencent's sale of a $16.4 billion stake in JD.com to Walmart Inc last year and extends an existing partnership with the We...
29 Jun, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
China weighs Tencent payments overhaul, new license requirementThe potential move would present a fresh hurdle for Tencent, which along with other internet firms was told in 2021 to cordon off financial...
18 Mar, 2022, 12.28 PM IST
WeChat denies Australia PM Scott Morrison's account was hackedScott Morrison first launched his WeChat account to communicate with Australia's sizable Chinese-Australian community ahead of the country'...
24 Jan, 2022, 03.04 PM IST
China regulators should act further to free up apps' access to rivals' links: State paperAccording to the Economic Information Daily, this showed companies could not be relied on to carry out "self rectification", and government...
19 Oct, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
China tech crackdown: Tencent to allows WeChat users access to rivals' linksWeChat will implement the changes in phases—starting with allowing users to access links in private, one-to-one chats once they upgraded to...
17 Sep, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
America distances itself from Trump attempts to ban WeChatThe Commerce Department is reviewing recent actions, such as the rules undermining TikTok and WeChat, to ensure that efforts by the Trump a...
11 Feb, 2021, 10.17 PM IST
US government appeals judge's ruling to block WeChat app store banWeChat has had an average of 19 million daily active users in the United States, analytics firms Apptopia said in early August. It is popul...
03 Oct, 2020, 11.41 AM IST
Trump ban on top messaging app risks snarling global businessThe White House’s vaguely worded edict left a lot of open questions about how broadly the ban would be applied and the full ramifications f...
07 Aug, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
WeChat app crosses one billion account markHalf of WeChat users spend more than 90 minutes a day on the app.
06 Mar, 2018, 07.56 PM IST
Uber’s quest to win over China faces WeChat hurdleWeChat has become an important promotional tool for companies trying to reach affluent Chinese.
26 Aug, 2015, 04.47 AM IST