Tag: China

MasterCard launches payments service for Chinese students

MasterCard is making it easier for Chinese users to pay for tuition and other costs in the US through a new partnership with online payments service Plastiq.

Alipay preparing to enter Europe

Alipay, the online and mobile payments service operated by Alibaba subsidiary Ant Financial, is expanding into Europe.

Open-source blockchain Antshares nabs $4.5m

Chinese open-source blockchain startup Antshares has raised $4.5m in its initial coin offering to complete the development of its blockchain platform.

Meituan-Dianping buys payments startup Qiandai

Chinese group deals and online-to-offline (O2O) platform Meituan-Dianping has acquired payments startup Qiandai.

Juzhen rakes in $23m in largest Asian blockchain round

Blockchain post-trade startup Juzhen Financials has raised $23m in a Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Wanxiang Holdings.

UangTeman pulls in funding to process more micro-loans

Indonesian micro-lending firm UangTeman has raised an undisclosed pre-series A round in equity funding.

Chinese credit card app grabs $310m at $1bn valuation

Credit card management app U51.com is the latest Chinese FinTech startups to land a $1bn-plus valuation as the company announces its $310m Series C round.

Chinese lenders still popular as FirstP2P nabs $70m

Peer-to-peer lender FirstP2P has raised $70m in its Series C round of funding from CCB International and San Shan Capital Partners.

Shanghai launches new blockchain alliance

There a new blockchain consortium in town with the announcement of the Shanghai Industrial Development Blockchain Alliance.

Chinese authorities raid peer-to-peer lender’s offices

The Chinese authorities are cracking down on suspicious peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms with raids on the offices of two businesses connected with Shanghai Kuailu Investment Group.

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