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‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist
UK NewsBusinessTechnology•October 13, 2026 at 5:00 AMNational

‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist

By Daniel Boffey Chief reporter•The Guardian - UK News

ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation ArmyA new messaging and payment “super app” marketed at British students uses servers owned by a Chinese company that has been put on a US military blacklist for its alleged affiliation to the People’s Liberation Army.ZyMix, which is being pushed on university campuses as the UK’s first super app designed “for gen Z”, combining chat, payments and community features, has a contract with a German-based subsidiary of Tencent Holdings, a Chinese conglomerate in Shenzhen. Continue reading...

ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation Army

A new messaging and payment “super app” marketed at British students uses servers owned by a Chinese company that has been put on a US military blacklist for its alleged affiliation to the People’s Liberation Army.

ZyMix, which is being pushed on university campuses as the UK’s first super app designed “for gen Z”, combining chat, payments and community features, has a contract with a German-based subsidiary of Tencent Holdings, a Chinese conglomerate in Shenzhen.

Continue reading...

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