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WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and became one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps in 2018, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

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China’s WeChat Blacklists Accounts Tied to Crypto, NFTs
China’s WeChat Blacklists Accounts Tied to Crypto, NFTs
June 28, 2022  |  Mobile Applications

Chinese social media app WeChat is reportedly banning accounts associated with cryptocurrency and NFTs. According to the report, none of the over 1 billion WeChat...

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Today in the Connected Economy: TikTok Begins ‘Major’ Push Into Gaming
Today in the Connected Economy: TikTok Begins ‘Major’ Push Into Gaming
May 19, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, TikTok begins testing a program that lets users in Vietnam play video games on the app, part of a broader...

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Musk: My Twitter Would Be WeChat-Style Super App with Payments Key
Musk: My Twitter Would Be WeChat-Style Super App with Payments Key
May 19, 2022  |  Commerce Connected

Tesla CEO and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, doesn’t want to fix Twitter, he wants to fix social media. And that means adding payments....

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Today in Crypto: WeChat Suspends Some NFT Accounts; Citi Sees Metaverse Market Worth Up to $13T by 2030
Today in Crypto: WeChat Suspends Some NFT Accounts; Citi Sees Metaverse Market Worth Up to...
April 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

WeChat, China’s largest messaging app, has suspended some accounts that have been associated with NFTs as it clarifies its rules around the digital collectibles, a...

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Today in FinTech: Changes Coming to WeChat Pay; Binance Seeks Brazilian Bank; Monite Automates SME AP
Today in FinTech: Changes Coming to WeChat Pay; Binance Seeks Brazilian Bank; Monite Automates SME...
March 20, 2022  |  Regulation

In today’s FinTech news, Tencent could be faced with spinning WeChat Pay into its payments subsidiary, while crypto exchange Binance looks to acquire a bank...

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Economists’ Reports Examining China’s Growth Deleted From WeChat
Economists’ Reports Examining China’s Growth Deleted From WeChat
March 17, 2022  |  International

Two reports, and possibly more, by well-known economists which questioned China’s economic data have been deleted from Chinese social media site WeChat, Bloomberg reported Thursday...

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Tencent to Trim WeChat Transaction Fees for SMBs
Tencent to Trim WeChat Transaction Fees for SMBs
March 03, 2022  |  SMBs

Tencent Holdings Ltd, the China-based global technology and entertainment conglomerate, plans to reduce transaction fees for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) using the WeChat payments...

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Chinese Payments Giant WeChat to Accept Digital Yuan 
Chinese Payments Giant WeChat to Accept Digital Yuan 
January 06, 2022  |  CBDC

China’s largest messaging app says it will begin accepting the country’s digital yuan.  According to media reports Thursday (Jan. 6), Tencent Holdings’ WeChat, which numbers...

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Paysend, Tencent Collaborate on Cross-Border Payments
Paysend, Tencent Collaborate on Cross-Border Payments
December 29, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

Card-to-card and international payments platform Paysend has launched a technology partnership with Tencent Holdings’ FinTech division that will let people receive money over Tencent’s WeChat...

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