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Future of Fintech
China’s fintech industry is evolving at a dizzying pace. The problem? Regulation hasn’t been able to keep up.


| May. 26 2021
The Uprising of China Fintech
A new wave of dynamic internet finance companies is taking on China’s lumbering state-run banks.


| Apr. 8 2018
Will China Be the First Country to Phase Out Cash?
Today, many young Chinese believe they could be the first to stop using cash.


| Oct. 11 2017
The WeChat Economy, From Messaging to Payments and More
WeChat is not just a messaging app. With nearly a billion active users, it is used to make voice calls.


| Aug. 28 2017
Online Banking in China: The People’s Banking
The upsurge in mobile transaction services used through smartphones is at the heart of a sudden expansion of the online.


| Jul. 4 2016
How Alibaba Pulled Off Its Singles Day Shopping Fest
This year Alibaba broke all records on Singles Day with sales of $14.3 billion. Singles Day, or China’s.


| Nov. 18 2015
Can Alibaba’s Ant Financial Disrupt China’s Financial Industry?
In a short space of time Alibaba’s Ant Financial has created—and scaled—a diverse set of financial products.


| Aug. 5 2015
Mobile Wallets in China: Click to Pay
Mobile wallets are taking off in China but it is too early to say what they mean for the use.


| Jul. 30 2015
Alibaba, Tencent and Walled Gardens: History Repeats Itself
In a bid to prevent users from venturing out of their proprietary environment, Alibaba and Tencent are aggressively adopting a.


| May. 19 2015
Who’ll Win? Visa and MasterCard Versus UnionPay
Long kept at arm’s length, will foreign bank card companies finally get a fair crack at the China market.


| Mar. 31 2015
When your Bank Interest is a Basketful of Vegetables
CKGSB professor Brian Viard on why Chinese banks are resorting to paying bank interest through Mercedes Benz cars, iPhones and.


| Jan. 13 2015