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Tencent moves money online through WeChat WeChat users can now make online payments, a move that challenges Alibabas dominant position in the lucrative ecommerce market 7. August From the China Daily: The battle between China's Internet titans intensified as Tencent Holdings Ltd started allowing its WeChat users to make online payments on Monday, a move that taps into the lucrative ecommerce market, which is dominated by its archrival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The WeChat platform, a mobile social networking application developed by Tencent, China's largest Internet company by market capitalization, released its version 5.0 on Monday August 5 th , in the product's biggest update since it was launched in January 2011. The new features of WeChat 5.0 include social games, scanner tools and most importantly payment integration, which is seen by many insiders as "the most aggressive function" of all. The WeChat payment function can integrate bank accounts (credit or debit card) with a customer's WeChat account, which allows WeChat's more than 300 million users to make purchases on several ecommerce platforms. With the help of scanner tools, goods can be scanned using a product's barcode, allowing the user to jump directly onto the ecommerce website selling the product and order it immediately. Lu Zhenwang, an independent Internet expert and the chief executive officer of the Shanghai based Wanqing Consultancy, said the latest version of WeChat has the potential to be a gamechanger in China's mobile Internet world. Lu added that the payment function has great potential to become Tencent's new source of growth and a strong challenge to Alibaba, which accounts for more than 50 percent of China's ecommerce market. McKinsey & Co estimates China's ecommerce market will triple to $395 billion from 2011 to 2015. Alibaba, the dominant player in this field, is heading toward what may be the biggest initial share offering since Facebook Inc. Tencent's move is seen as the latest counter offensive against Alibaba, which said last Wednesday that it will block online sellers' access to WeChat, citing security reasons. Shoppers have instead been offered the option to log on to Alibaba's Taobao marketplace using their accounts on Sina Weibo, the Chinese Twitterlike microblogging platform, starting on the same day that Tencent released its WeChat 5.0. The move is seen as an attempt to help advertise the products of some online vendors on Sina Weibo and try to redirect potential shoppers from Sina Weibo to Taobao. Read more http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/201308/07/content_16877403.htm Loushanguan 83 +86 15811153574 www.schultzco.com

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 Tencent  moves  money  online  through  WeChat  WeChat  users  can  now  make  online  payments,  a  move  that  challenges  Alibabas  dominant  position  in  the  lucrative  e-­‐commerce  market   7.  August  From  the  China  Daily:     The  battle  between  China's  Internet  titans  intensified  as  Tencent  Holdings  Ltd  started  allowing  its  WeChat  users  to  make  online  payments  on  Monday,  a  move  that  taps  into  the  lucrative  e-­‐commerce  market,  which  is  dominated  by  its  archrival  Alibaba  Group  Holding  Ltd.    The  WeChat  platform,  a  mobile  social  networking  application  developed  by  Tencent,  China's  largest  Internet  company  by  market  capitalization,  released  its  version  5.0  on  Monday  August  5th,  in  the  product's  biggest  update  since  it  was  launched  in  January  2011.  

 The  new  features  of  WeChat  5.0  include  social  games,  scanner  tools  and  -­‐  most  importantly  -­‐  payment  integration,  which  is  seen  by  many  insiders  as  "the  most  aggressive  function"  of  all.  

 The  WeChat  payment  function  can  integrate  bank  accounts  (credit  or  debit  card)  with  a  customer's  WeChat  account,  which  allows  WeChat's  more  than  300  million  users  to  make  purchases  on  several  e-­‐commerce  platforms.  

 With  the  help  of  scanner  tools,  goods  can  be  scanned  using  a  product's  barcode,  allowing  the  user  to  jump  directly  onto  the  ecommerce  website  selling  the  product  and  order  it  immediately.  

Lu  Zhenwang,  an  independent  Internet  expert  and  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the  Shanghai-­‐based  Wanqing  Consultancy,  said  the  latest  version  of  WeChat  has  the  potential  to  be  a  game-­‐changer  in  China's  mobile  Internet  world.  Lu  added  that  the  payment  function  has  great  potential  to  become  Tencent's  new  source  of  growth  and  a  strong  challenge  to  Alibaba,  which  accounts  for  more  than  50  percent  of  China's  e-­‐commerce  market.    McKinsey  &  Co  estimates  China's  e-­‐commerce  market  will  triple  to  $395  billion  from  2011  to  2015.  Alibaba,  the  dominant  player  in  this  field,  is  heading  toward  what  may  be  the  biggest  initial  share  offering  since  Facebook  Inc.  

 Tencent's  move  is  seen  as  the  latest  counter-­‐offensive  against  Alibaba,  which  said  last  Wednesday  that  it  will  block  online  sellers'  access  to  WeChat,  citing  security  reasons.    

 Shoppers  have  instead  been  offered  the  option  to  log  on  to  Alibaba's  Taobao  marketplace  using  their  accounts  on  Sina  Weibo,  the  Chinese  Twitter-­‐like  micro-­‐blogging  platform,  starting  on  the  same  day  that  Tencent  released  its  WeChat  5.0.  The  move  is  seen  as  an  attempt  to  help  advertise  the  products  of  some  online  vendors  on  Sina  Weibo  and  try  to  redirect  potential  shoppers  from  Sina  Weibo  to  Taobao.  

 Read  more            http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-­‐08/07/content_16877403.htm              Loushanguan  83   +86  15811153574   www.schultz-­‐co.com