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January 13, 2021The U.S. government will allow Americans to keep investing in Chinese tech firms Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu after the economic impact of banning them was deemed greater than any threats, The ...
January 5, 2021After a short period of time in which Alibaba Founder Jack Ma’s whereabouts were unknown, CNBC has reported that Ma is not missing
Ma, according to the report, has been “lying ...
January 4, 2021The eCommerce billionaire Jack Ma has been in the eye of the storm as China’s regulators have flexed their muscles and taken on FinTech companies. However, Alibaba Group Founder Ma ...
December 28, 2020Alibaba led another day of high-octane selling that was driven by fears of further antitrust crackdowns, Bloomberg reported.
Large Chinese companies, including Alibaba and rivals Tencent, food delivery giant Meituan and ...
December 28, 2020Big Tech is falling out of favor not just in the West, but in China as well. Recent regulatory crackdowns on Ant Group, Alibaba and Tencent show that China’s former ...
December 27, 2020The Chinese government’s previously announced antitrust investigation of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is focusing on whether the internet giant refused access to its online marketplace to vendors that also wanted ...
December 14, 2020China’s antitrust regulators are taking more strident action in reviewing mergers and other deals made by players in that nation’s booming internet sector.
On Monday (Dec. 14), China’s State Administration for ...
December 7, 2020If you happen to be sitting on an extra $200,000 and are looking for a special gift for that certain someone, you’d better hustle over to the Luxury Week online ...
December 2, 2020SMBs are going global as they look across borders for new business, but they must convince prospective buyers that transacting with them will be easy and convenient, says Kivanc Onan, ...
December 1, 2020In today’s top news, sellers on Amazon made more than $4.8 billion from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, and DoorDash could see a valuation of $28 billion from its IPO. ...
December 1, 2020Legacy cross-border payment methods that may have been inconvenient but endurable in 2019 no longer serve firms’ needs in 2020.
Last year saw 68 percent of companies using wire transfers to ...
November 23, 2020The holidays are upon us, and as we all get ready for the virtual feasts, the pandemic has in one sense put up some borders between people and knocked others ...
November 17, 2020Shoppers in China are making up for lost time, throwing money at luxury goods and cosmetics amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a CNBC report on Tuesday (Nov. 17).
Chen Xiaodong, ...
November 12, 2020Alibaba smashed Singles’ Day sales records this year with help from an aggressive push into European and other foreign markets.
Alibaba notched sales worth more than $74 billion in gross merchandise ...
November 11, 2020Alibaba’s Singles Day performance on Wednesday (Nov. 11) shows that the Chinese consumer is back — big time. Singles Day — Alibaba’s popular shopping holiday that takes place every Nov. ...
November 11, 2020In today’s top news, Alibaba’s Singles’ Day in China has brought in $56 billion thus far, and Lyft is launching a delivery service. Plus, the Department of Justice approved Uber’s ...
November 11, 2020In today’s top payments news around the world, Indonesian FinTech LinkAja closed a Series B funding round headed up by Grab, while Nigeria-based Kuda landed $10 million after a funding ...
November 11, 2020Singles’ Day in China is exceeding expectations, with Alibaba posting $56 billion in sales by Wednesday morning (Nov. 11), according to a Reuters report.
“Because of COVID-19, many Chinese cannot go ...
November 10, 2020China’s 1.4 billion people will mark Singles’ Day – the country’s exponentially larger answer to America’s Black Friday or Prime Day events – on Wednesday (Nov. 11), with analysts expecting ...
November 10, 2020As most companies rush to grow their online presence, Alibaba is actively seeking to expand its offline footprint through its new manufacturing division, Xunxi.
The Chinese tech giant recently opened three ...
November 9, 2020Ant Group‘s stalled initial public offering (IPO) could cut the company’s valuation in half, with one report putting the firm’s value at just $140 billion. That’s a 50 percent drop ...
November 5, 2020As expected, the Ant Group initial public offering (IPO) suspension was a factor in Alibaba’s earnings announced Thursday morning (Nov. 5), as China’s largest eCommerce company posted a solid revenue ...
November 4, 2020Regardless of what happens as Alibaba’s earnings are announced Thursday, one story will hang over the proceedings. Alibaba Co-founder Jack Ma is also the founder of Ant Group. Anyone not ...
November 3, 2020Jack Ma has seen his net worth plunge by $3 billion after the Ant Group double initial public offering (IPO) was suspended on Tuesday (Nov. 3) by Chinese regulators, according ...
November 3, 2020For Ant Group, for Alibaba, and for the biggest IPO ever, it’s a case of hurry up and wait.
As noted by CNBC on Tuesday (Nov. 3), stock exchanges in Shanghai and Hong ...
October 30, 2020In a move that will likely see a large rise in sales, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will begin its Singles Day shopping event ahead of schedule in 2020, Reuters reported ...
October 28, 2020“Singles’ Day” in China is a 24-hour shopping marathon that boasts the biggest sales on earth of any day of the year.
However, this year’s Singles Day shopping extravaganza, which was ...
October 25, 2020Alibaba founder Jack Ma has said the upcoming dual listing for Ant Group is “the largest in human history,” according to Reuters.
Ma also noted that it’s the first time such ...
October 22, 2020Ant Group has won the nod from China’s top security regulators for its Shanghai offering, the last hurdle to clear for what’s expected to be a $35 billion dual listing, ...
October 19, 2020Alibaba and its big grocery play have grabbed some global attention this week as the eCommerce giant has invested $3.6 billion for a controlling stake in the “hypermarket” operator Sun ...
October 19, 2020In today’s top payments news around the world, Portuguese payments provider SIBS is taking its payment platform international, while Alibaba has invested $3.6 billion for a controlling stake in Sun ...
October 19, 2020In a quest to dominate online food shopping in China, Alibaba invested $3.6 billion for a controlling stake in the hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group, Alibaba said in a ...
October 14, 2020The U.S. State Department has proposed President Donald Trump add FinTech Ant Group, which has strong ties to the Alibaba Group empire, to a list of foreign companies to which ...
October 14, 2020In today’s top payments news around the world, Nuvemshop, a LATAM alternative to Shopify, has notched $30 million in a venture capital round, while Alibaba is going deeper with its ...
October 13, 2020Alibaba is deepening its partnership with Austin-based ShipStation as the eCommerce and tech giant faces pressure to expand globally beyond its core market in China and Southeast Asia.
On Tuesday (Oct. ...
October 12, 2020FinTech company Ant Group continues to press toward having the biggest initial public offering (IPO) ever, with returns at an estimated $35 billion. Ant Group is the online payment affiliate ...
October 6, 2020“April is the cruelest month,” wrote TS Eliot.
His calendar was bit off.
At least insofar as 2020 has shaped up, and especially where B2B payments have been concerned.
March turned out to ...
October 5, 2020Alibaba Group Holding Co. continues to capitalize on growth opportunities. The latest: China’s digital economy giant has struck a multimillion-dollar deal to buy as much as a 9.99 percent stake ...
September 25, 2020As Ant Group, the online payment provider, prepares to go public, the China-based company has launched Trusple, a blockchain platform for cross-border trade by small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to ...
September 21, 2020Ant Group, the online payment provider for China-based Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., is seeking a record return of at least $35 billion as it goes public in the Hong Kong ...