CHINA:
1 Chinese regulator weighs tighter curbs on payment, shopping platforms
2 Chinese Consumer Brands Score Huge Win Internationally During Pandemic
6 Ant Group to reorganise operations under financial holding company structure
7 Baidu set to announce EV venture with automaker Geely, report says
8 ByteDance’s Feishu Banned on Tencent’s WeChat
9 Tencent invests $100m to boost stake in grocery app Xingsheng Youxuan 兴盛优选
10 Chinese express locker operator Hive Box bags $400m from Trustbridge, others
11 Chinese HR software developer WorkTrans nets $190.5m in Series C, D
12 Goldman-backed car maintenance startup Tuhu looks to raise at least $200m
13 Chinese Scientists Develop Gene-edited Sheep to Help Boost Mutton Output
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1 Philippine payments app Mynt raises $175m, nears unicorn status
2 IFC approves $41m financing to Indian dairy firm Parag Milk
3 Indian online grocery wholesaler Jumbotail raises $14.2m led by VII Ventures
4 Dental tech startup Toothsi raises $5m in Series A funding
5 Indonesia sets new share ownership rules on payments systems
6 Indonesian sharia fintech startup ALAMI finalising over $10m Series A funding round
7 Pintek closes US$21M from debt investor Accial to accelerate educational financing in Indonesia
8 Indonesia’s SiCepat Ekspres to acquire 51% in food ordering platform DigiResto
CROSS-BORDER:
1 MSCI and index compilers to drop China Mobile, Chinese telecoms stocks from global benchmarks
3 Lazada announces C-level appointments following speculation around culture clash with Alibaba
4 Gojek wrote off a $17m loan to Pathao, Bangladesh on-demand platform
OVERSEAS:
1 Global semiconductor shortage causes Ford and Nissan to cut vehicle production
3 Australia’s Limepay and Domain jointly launch a buy now, pay later venture
4 Roku Acquires Quibi’s Content
5 Equifax will pay $640 million for Kount’s AI-driven identity and fraud prevention tools
6 Jobandtalent tops up with $108M for its ‘workforce as a service’ platform
7 Hipcamp, ‘Airbnb of the Outdoors,’ Raises $57 Million
8 Pay Equity Startup Syndio Raises $17.1 Million in Round Led by Bessemer
9 Holographic startup Envisics partners with Panasonic to fast-track in-car AR tech
Image Credits: South China Morning Post