Ant Financial

Ant Financial Has More Than 600 Million Users
Ant Financial Has More Than 600 Million Users
May 17, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

Ant Financial, the Chinese payment affiliate of Alibaba, has more than 600 million users, the first time the company has said how large its business...

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Ant Financial Seeks $10B In Funding
Ant Financial Seeks $10B In Funding
May 11, 2018  |  Investments

Ant Financial is planning on raising $10 billion over the next couple of days, possibly bringing in the Carlyle Group and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board...

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Alibaba Buys Daraz
Alibaba Buys Daraz
May 08, 2018  |  Retail

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba has acquired Daraz, Pakistan’s most popular online shopping destination, thus expanding its empire into South Asia. Daraz was founded by Rocket...

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Baidu’s New Firm Gets $1.9B Investment To Compete In China’s FinTech Market
Baidu’s New Firm Gets $1.9B Investment To Compete In China’s FinTech Market
April 30, 2018  |  Fintech Investments

Baidu’s new firm has received $1.9 billion in funding that will enable it to better compete in China’s growing FinTech space. According to The Wall...

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BlackRock Co-Founder Says Chinese Tech Companies Could Disrupt Finance
BlackRock Co-Founder Says Chinese Tech Companies Could Disrupt Finance
April 16, 2018  |  International

As Chinese tech companies ramp up their efforts to offer financial services, BlackRock Co-Founder Robert Kapito said that existing Western firms may struggle to compete....

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Ant Financial May Become The World’s Biggest Unicorn
Ant Financial May Become The World’s Biggest Unicorn
April 10, 2018  |  Investments

Through a private funding round that could make Ant Financial the world’s biggest unicorn, the Chinese financial firm — an affiliate of Alibaba — is reportedly...

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Ant Financial CEO Is Not A Fan Of ICOs
Ant Financial CEO Is Not A Fan Of ICOs
March 27, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

The chief executive of Ant Financial Services Group, the payment affiliate of Alipay, is no fan of initial coin offerings (ICOs). According to news from CoinDesk,...

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Alipay Partners With Openpay In Mexico
Alipay Partners With Openpay In Mexico
March 20, 2018  |  Latin America

Pushing its footprint even deeper into the Americas, Ant Financial’s Alipay — China’s leading payment provider and the primary means of online and mobile payment for Chinese consumers...

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First Data Expands Alipay Acceptance To 600M Chinese Users
First Data Expands Alipay Acceptance To 600M Chinese Users
March 19, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Ant Financial’s Alipay is expanding across North America as it broadens its partnership with First Data, the companies announced Monday (March 19). The digital payment...

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