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50 Million Users: CamCard, A Card-Scanning App Dominates In Asia

There are a few business use cases or scenarios that never seem to go away. These pain points are so painful, no painkillers can possibly kill them once and for all. CardMunch was a huge success (bought by LinkedIn) - we spotted this stat today, that CamCard, a card-scanning app popular in Asia, has some 50 Million users now. (Source)

Let us put that number in perspective - Instagram has some 100 Million users now. No, we are not implying anything - just a stat to get the magnitude right. China's CamCard has some 10 million monthly active users (50 million is the total number). And here is what will surprise you: about half of them are outside of China.

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