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01-Nov-18 Rwanda has become the first African nation to join the Alibaba Group Holding-led electronic world trade platform (EWTP) initiative, following similar initiatives in Southeast Asia as the Chinese e-commerce firm seeks to expand digital trade globally. [image: Xinhua]
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30-Oct-18 There are now 7.5 mn sqm of modern retail in Bangkok, including department stores, shopping centres, big box stores and other new formats. E-commerce accounts for less than 1 percent of total retail in Thailand but is growing rapidly. [image: Retail In Asia]
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25-Sep-18 Tencent Holdings plans to partner with China UnionPay to offer shoppers in Hong Kong the ability to use a Hong Kong version of the WeChat Pay mobile payment app to spend at mainland merchants using Hong Kong Dollars. [image: Reuters]
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20-Sep-18 As part of Flipkart's strategy in India to drive its merchandise volume by 20%, the company is launching affordability instruments, offering customers instant credit of up to INR60,000 (USD823), following Amazon's lead. [image: Business Today]
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17-Sep-18 Singapore has launched Singapore Quick Response Code (SGQR), which it claims to be the world's first unified payments QR code. It will be adopted by 27 payment schemes including PayNow, Nets, GrabPay, Liquid Pay and Singtel Dash. [image: Finextra]
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