The head of an organisation that promotes business co-operation between small and medium enterprises in China and Australia has urged local businesses to include the Chinese app WeChat in their social media mix.

Medibank has launched a WeChat channel in a move which it says is designed to better connect with the growing Australian-Chinese population.

Global registered mobile domestic money transfer users are expected to reach 2.5 billion this year, up from an estimated 1.7 billion in 2016.

Nine mobile dating apps analysed by Kaspersky Labs have been found to be leaking data of one kind or another, with some allowing the discovery of the identity of the users.

With 751 million Internet users — nearly 55% of the population — and 663 million smartphone users, China dwarfs every other country when it comes to digital metrics. Of those Internet users, 72.1% are between 10 and 39 years old.

Global software company Pegasystems has launched an Intelligent Virtual Assistant – an artificial intelligence-powered bot designed to turn applications into smart assistants on any channel.

New Zealand’s largest telco Spark has launched a new telecommunications information service on the Chinese social networking platform WeChat for both English and Chinese language speakers.

There has been a significant upsurge in international remittance activity in the past two years, with a number of cross-border mobile remittance services now being deployed, according to analyst firm Juniper Research.

ChatSim Unlimited has arrived nearly a year after the original ChatSim was introduced, billed as ‘the solution to your roaming problems’ for all instant messaging apps.

Chatsim lets you globally ‘chat for free’ with no limits, using messaging apps and emoji for a year for €10 - and has won an award.

Top games maker Animoca has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Tencent to publish its Armies of Dragons game across the WeChat platform in key South East Asian countries.

China’s Internet Plus action plan, aimed at integrating the internet with traditional industries and fueling economic growth in the country, provides the backbone for creating innovative ways to develop smart cities, according to a senior executive of the massive China Internet portal, Tencent.

Corporate watchdog ASIC has issued an unusual public warning to Australian bitcoin miner Bitcoin Group, prohibiting the company from making public statements about its planned float until it issues a prospectus.