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Ant and Alibaba are untangling operations amid China crackdown
Ant and Alibaba untangle their operations from each other and independently seek new business as they navigate China’s regulatory crackdown. Read more…
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China’s central bank accepts Ant Group’s financial application
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s central bank has accepted Ant Group’s application to set up a financial holding company, three people with knowledge of the matter said, a key step in finishing a year-long revamp Read more…
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Did Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire, fly close to the sun?
This was supposed to be Jack Ma’s finest hour: a year ago to the day, his Ant Group was meant to go public in a $37 billion blaze of glory. Read more…
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Antpocalypse now – the state seals Ant Group’s fate
Further interventions into the Ant Group by the regulator ensure that the businesses will be less nimble, less efficient, and less innovative Read more…
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Chinese state firms to take big stake in Ant’s credit-scoring joint venture
State-backed firms are set to take a sizeable stake in a key Ant Group credit-scoring asset, in a move that will loosen the giant’s grip. Read more…
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Ant disrupts market dominated by banks despite regulatory crackdown
Ant Group became China’s largest seller of non-money-market mutual funds disrupting market dominated by banks despite a regulatory crackdown. Read more…
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Chinese regulators pressure Ant Group for Jack Ma to give up control
Ant Group is exploring options for founder Jack Ma to divest his stake and give up control as Chinese regulators pile on the pressure. Read more…
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China imposes sweeping restructuring on Jack Ma’s Ant Group
China has imposed a sweeping restructuring on Jack Ma’s Ant Group, underscoring Beijing’s determination to rein in its internet giants. Read more…
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Ant Group agrees restructuring plan with Chinese regulators
Ant Group has agreed a restructuring plan with Chinese regulators under which the fintech giant will become a financial holding company. Read more…
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Ant-CIMB Malaysian e-wallet joint venture in talks to raise $150mn
Malaysian e-wallet operator owned by CIMB Group and China’s Ant Group is in advanced talks to raise $150 million to fund expansion plans. Read more…
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Singapore hands out first digital licences in big banking shakeup
A number of consortiums have won licences to run Singapore’s first digital banks, in the city-state’s biggest banking shakeup in two decades. Read more…
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Ant Group considering selling its 30% stake in Paytm amid tensions
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group is considering selling its 30% stake in Indian digital payment processor Paytm amid tensions. Read more…
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At China’s World Internet Conference few talked about antitrust regulation
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – China’s annual World Internet Conference is usually a forum for luminaries from the country’s online giants and government bodies to discuss pressing issues of the day. But this year, few people Read more…
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What is China’s Ant Group – tech giant or financial colossus?
China’s Ant Group, about to make the biggest public sale of shares ever, poses a basic conundrum: is it – a financial colossus or tech giant? Read more…
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China suspends Ant Group’s market listing forcing Ant to freeze HK listing
China suspended Ant Group’s $37 billion stock market listing on Tuesday, thwarting the world’s largest IPO with just days to go, Read more…
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Ant Group sets $34bn terms for the world’s biggest IPO in China, not USA
Ant Group aims raising up to $34.4bn from the world’s biggest IPO, with investors scrambling for a piece of the fast-growing company. Read more…
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Small investors scramble to Ant Group’s once-in-a-lifetime Shanghai IPO
Ant Group’s IPO listing has led to a scramble among smaller investors for what some see as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Read more…
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China’s securities regulator now probing Ant Group’s planned IPO
China’s securities regulator is probing a potential conflict of interest in fintech giant Ant Group’s planned $35 billion stock listing. Read more…
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China’s Ant Group gets added to the list of US ‘threats’
The US is considering restrictions on China’s Ant Group over concerns their digital payment platforms threaten national security. Read more…
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Shanghai gives go ahead for Ant Group IPO, backed by Alibaba
China’s Ant Group has received approval from the Shanghai Stock Exchange for a domestic initial public offering, the bourse said on Friday Read more…