The Chinese P2P lender teams up with software startup R3 to provide new supply-chain financing by the distributed ledger technology that underpins cryptocurrencies.
Asian legal and financial industry experts see plenty of promise in the technology behind bitcoin. But it's not as straightforward as might be assumed.
According to Accenture Strategy, Asian companies need to acquire more small digital and e-commerce-focused businesses to avoid gradually losing market share.
Taiwanese ISP and web-hosting services provider Digital United Holdings has postponed its Nasdaq IPO in the face of investor resistance to Asian internet stocks.