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PolicyBazaar to enter India's healthcare tech space

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12-Mar-18 China based company PolicyBazaar has earmarked USD100 mn to enter the Indian healthcare technology and services segment. The company targets to tie-up with about 300 hospitals by the end of fiscal 2018/19. [image: PolicyBazaar]

Korea’s demographic nightmare comes to fore

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12-Mar-18 Korea has reported more deaths than births for the first time, amid a plunging fertility rate, raising questions about its economic model, with increasing competition from neighbour China and the growing threat from artificial intelligence and automation. [image: Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach]

Cash is more popular than ever, central bankers say

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12-Mar-18 Despite the increased use of electronic payments around the world, there is “scant evidence” of a shift away from cash, according to the latest quarterly review from the Bank for International Settlements - the 'central bank of central banks'. [image: istock / news.com.au]

Chinese spend more overseas if merchants accept mobile payments

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09-Mar-18 A study by Alipay found 65% of Chinese tourists used mobile payments overseas in 2017, compared to 11% among non-Chinese. 91% of Chinese tourists would be more willing to spend if merchants accepted mobile payments. [image: ASAP]

WeChat Pay, Alipay chase HK mobile wallet share

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08-Mar-18 Mobile payments are far less common in Hong Kong than in China, but Hong Kong is catching up. WeChat Pay claimed a 44% increase in users in Feb-18 alone, following promotions including red packets for registered users. [image: iStock / Asia Times]

PolicyBazaar to enter India's healthcare tech space

Korea’s demographic nightmare comes to fore

Cash is more popular than ever, central bankers say

Chinese spend more overseas if merchants accept mobile payments

WeChat Pay, Alipay chase HK mobile wallet share

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