HONG KONG: China’s biggest social network and gaming firm Tencent Holdings, which last week reported forecast-beating quarterly results, is close to making Malaysia the first foreign country to roll out its WeChat ecosystem, an executive told Reuters.
Tencent has made a “breakthrough” in gaining an e-payment licence in Malaysia for local transactions, and plans a launch early next year, senior vice president S.Y. Lau said in an interview.
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