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WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and became one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps in 2018, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

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Tencent Mum On WeChat Mobile Payments Plan

Tencent Won’t Take WeChat Global — For Now
Tencent Won’t Take WeChat Global — For Now
March 23, 2015  |  International

Tencent, China’s second-largest Internet company, won’t be pushing international expansion of its WeChat social network for at least the next year, the South China Morning...

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Tencent Invests In African Microjobs Startup
Tencent Invests In African Microjobs Startup
February 23, 2015  |  International

China’s Tencent launched a version of its WeChat mobile chat service in Africa late in 2013, and now the chat-app giant has used WeChat Africa...

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Alibaba And Tencent Will Battle Over Red Envelopes This Chinese New Year
Alibaba And Tencent Will Battle Over Red Envelopes This Chinese New Year
February 10, 2015  |  International

It may still be more than a week until Chinese New Year on Feb. 19, but China’s online war of the Red Envelopes is already...

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Now Available Through WeChat: Utility Bill Pay
Now Available Through WeChat: Utility Bill Pay
August 26, 2014  |  News

Mobile payments took another great leap forward in China earlier this week, with the announcement that WeChat users can now use the messaging platform to...

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