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10-Apr-18 China’s digital economy has experienced massive growth in the last decade. In 2008, China accounted for <1% of e-commerce; today its share is 42%. In comparison, the United States’ share is down 10% since 2005, to 25%. [image: McKinsey Global Institute]
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09-Apr-18 Following its exponential growth after more than a year of operations, Filipino e-commerce store Adobomall is debuting an AR shopping technology that will engage customers and allow them to "feel the product" they are considering buying. [image: Adobomall]
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09-Apr-18 2017 was a big year for e-commerce in Southeast Asia, with a stunning 41% CAGR. Amazon's market entrance, record-breaking sales by Lazada and the increasing capital deployed by Alibaba and Tencent were industry-shaping events in the year. [image: The Startup]
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06-Apr-18 Cryptocurrency real-time gross settlement company Ripple is targeting three prominent overseas money transfer companies in order to put the company’s blockchain technology to the test. MoneyGram was the first to start, and Western Union was quick to follow. [image: Adobe Stock_PaymentsSource]
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06-Apr-18 CardUp users can now pay for recurring cash expenses like taxes and rent via credit card. The development follows its seed funding round of USD1.7 mn, led by Sequoia Capital and Seedplus. [image: Fintech Singapore]
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