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In China, Tencent is already doing it. Now it’s betting on Weixin Palm Payment, a biometric system launched in May for users of Weixin Pay, WeChat’s sister app. Last year, JPMorgan cited the opportunity as it announced its own payment authentication software pilot program using palm scanning. “With face scanning technology, people can look a lot like each other — like twins,” he said. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant launched its own palm scanning payment service in 2020, letting users connect their palm prints to credit cards to buy items at the company’s cashier-free stores.
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Tencent has been a large shareholder of Meituan since the latter’s early days. SINGAPORE— Tencent Holdings Ltd. is shedding most of its stake in food-delivery company Meituan as the Chinese social-media and videogame giant moves to cash out from its investments in China’s internet sector. Tencent on Wednesday said it would distribute more than 958 million shares of Meituan, worth roughly $20 billion, as a special dividend to Tencent shareholders. The distribution will leave Tencent with a 1.5% stake in Meituan from 17% currently.
Tencent raids its pantry ahead of lean tech times
  + stars: | 2022-08-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
HONG KONG, Aug 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tencent (0700.HK) is preparing for tough times ahead. The Chinese giant plans to offload all or a chunk of its $24 billion stake in food delivery group Meituan (3690.HK), Reuters reported read more , citing sources. The eight-year old investment has proven lucrative: annualised total returns were nearly 20% since Meituan's 2018 Hong Kong debut, versus negative 6% for the Hang Seng Index. Nevertheless, a stock overhang — Tencent owns some 17% — sent its shares down 10% on the news. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
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