Tag: China
Ping An Insurance changes focus towards technology
Massive Chinese insurer Ping An Insurance has announced that it will realign its strategy to boost tech and financial protection.
Alipay forms partnership with Finablr
Alipay has partnered with Finablr, a payments and foreign exchange platform, to allow its customers access to remittance services in 270 countries.
Alipay and WeChat introduce new card service for people visiting China
Both WeChat and Alipay have introduced services that enable foreign visitors to China to use their credit cards via their services instead of bringing...
China-based XTransfer collects $15m in its Series B round
XTransfer, a cross-border financial services for China-based foreign trade enterprises, has collected $15m in its Series B round.
Sky9 Capital closes two new funds with a combined pool of...
Sky9 Capital, an early-stage venture capital which backs Chinese technology companies, has closed two funds with a combined pool of $440m.
China-based Leyue Health said to bag $16m in funding
Leyue Health, a technology platform which aims to improve the settlement of commercial insurance, has reportedly raised 115 yuan ($16m) in funding.
OneConnect to offer products in Europe through finleap deal
OneConnect, an affiliate of Ping An Insurance, will offer its FinTech software-as-a-service (SaaS) to the European market via finleap in a new partnership.
The CareVoice closes Series A on “eight-figure” sum
International healthcare and insurance startup the CareVoice has closed its Series A funding round on an ‘eight-figure’ sum.
Trump’s currency war with China could be Bitcoin’s do-or-die moment
Bitcoin has gone through a turbulent couple of years, having fell from the peak prices of late 2017.
China’s Central Bank ‘close’ to launching official digital currency
China's central bank has revealed it is close to launching its digital token, with work currently in progress on the systems.