Tagged: china

November 13, 2019 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent report published by global market intelligence company IDC has revealed that China’s blockchain industry is on track to experience substantial growth in the next few years. As reported by Xinhuanet, China’s blockchain ecosystem is expected to be valued at more than $2 billion… Read More

November 11, 2019 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alipay, part of Ant Financial / Alibaba, just had a gangbusters day as all of the transactions for Singles Day were processed through the payment platform. More than five years ago, Alipay topped PayPal to become the world leader in mobile payments – something that… Read More

November 11, 2019 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alibaba’s annual Singles Day has turned into a huge event in China. Headlines today indicate that singles day has delivered a record-setting amount of transactions as sales top a whopping $38 billion. According to Alibaba, $1 billion was settled via Alibaba’s Fintech platform Alipay within… Read More

November 9, 2019 @ 5:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Alipay and WeChat Pay Open to International Visitors Previously, international tourists visiting China cannot enjoy the convenience of local mobile payment (Alipay & WeChat Pay) services if he/she did not have a Chinese mobile number and bank account. This changed this week. On November 7th,… Read More

November 7, 2019 @ 9:32 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Micree Ketuan Zhan, co-founder of Bitmain, the world’s largest manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining hardware, has promised in an open letter to take legal action against colleagues who “dismissed” him suddenly at the end of October. According to a translation of the letter obtained by The… Read More

November 4, 2019 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Shanghai branch of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the nation’s central bank, has released 40 new measures that have been created mainly to support Fintech development in the city, which is one of the four municipalities in the country. PBoC’s latest measures will… Read More

November 4, 2019 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

It has been widely reported that the People’s Bank of China is nearly ready to issue the first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to streamline the payment/transfer process for the Renminbi. Many central banks are reviewing the pros and cons of a CBDC but China… Read More

November 2, 2019 @ 12:31 pm By Xu Gao  |  

People’s Bank of China and the State Administration for Market Regulation Jointly Incorporate Fintech Products into the National Certification System To implement the policy of “pushing for the establishment of a management system based on government supervision and led by standards where corporate responsibilities are… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 7:00 pm By Nick Raper  |  

With the implementation of PSD2 in Europe, Open Banking payment solutions are starting to be rolled out across the UK and Europe. But while the core Open Banking payment solutions are live, there is a long way to go until we see the widespread adoption… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The government of Guangzhou, the capital and most populous city of China’s Guangdong province, has reportedly launched a $140 million subsidy fund in order to support the ongoing development of several local blockchain projects. Guangzhou’s authorities intend to allocate around 1 billion yuan (appr. $141… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 1:39 am By Cali Haan  |  

On the heels of yesterday’s news that competitor Canaan has filed an IPO prospectus to go public on the Nasdaq comes a report that Bitmain, the world’s largest manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining hardware, is also seeking to go public on a New York Stock Exchange…. Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 3:17 am By Cali Haan  |  

Despite an official ban on cryptocurrency trading imposed progressively in the region since 2016, China now appears to be throwing its full weight behind “blockchain,” a type of distributed-ledger technology popularized by Bitcoin that many critics claim is of little use outside of it. A… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 10:30 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Micree Ketuan Zhan, majority stakeholder of world’s largest crypto mining hardware manufacturer, Bitmain, appears to have been forced out of the company he helped found with Jihan Wu. Chinese media including Sina reported on the developments, which appear to have been confirmed in an email… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 4:23 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Chinese state news site The People’s Daily is advising Chinese investors to be “rational” despite excitement raised by President Xi Jinping’s recent remarks endorsing, “accelerate(d) development of blockchain technology and industrial innovation.” According to Reuters, The People’s Daily urged Monday: “Blockchain’s future is here but… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 6:56 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Reuters is reporting that Sun Tianqi, chief accountant at China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), told financiers assembled at the Bund Summit in Shanghai this week that governments in emerging markets must regulate cryptocurrencies because they can be used to transmit capital illegally and could… Read More

October 27, 2019 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new cryptography law was passed on October 26 by the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress in China. The proposed law will be effective on January 1 of next year, according to local news outlet Xinhuanet. The announcement has come shortly after… Read More

October 26, 2019 @ 2:59 pm By Xu Gao  |  

China Issues New Rules Against Illegal Lending On October 21st, a new financial rule was jointly released by four ministries and commissions of China’s central government-the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice. According to… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

China’s General Secretary Xi Jinping has commented on the importance of blockchain technology noting that China plans to lead the world in the development of blockchain including financial services and other areas. According to Xinhua, yesterday, at the 18th collective study of the Political Bureau… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shenzhen-based Tencent, an internet service portal that provides mobile, telecom, and online advertising services, has stated that the proposed launch of the Facebook-led Libra project could pose a threat to existing digital payment platforms. Tencent’s management noted in a recently published blockchain whitepaper that the… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global Payments platform PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) beat on earnings today and shares in the company responded after hours jumping by over 8%. Revenue for Q3 increased by 19% to $4.38 billion as users increased by 7% during the quarter adding 9.8 million users. In total, PayPal… Read More