Ant Financial

Ant Financial Ramps Up SEA Capital With $1B Fund

Ant Financial Ramps Up SEA Capital With $1B Fund
Ant Financial Ramps Up SEA Capital With $1B Fund
November 27, 2019  |  Fintech Investments

China’s Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial is drumming up $1 billion to fund startups in Southeast Asia and India, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Nov. 26) citing...

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Ant Financial Aims For 2B Users But Has No IPO Plan
Ant Financial Aims For 2B Users But Has No IPO Plan
November 19, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Chinese payments company Ant Financial has plans for the future — but going public isn’t one of them. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ant Financial Starts Pilot For SMB Blockchain Network; Wyoming Announces Regulations For Crypto Custodians
Bitcoin Daily: Ant Financial Starts Pilot For SMB Blockchain Network; Wyoming Announces Regulations For Crypto...
November 13, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Alipay’s Ant Financial announced that it is moving into the pilot stage for its blockchain network — Ant Blockchain Open Alliance, which was created to help...

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WeChat Pay Rolls Out Utility To Transfer Funds Between Smartphones
WeChat Pay Rolls Out Utility To Transfer Funds Between Smartphones
October 23, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Tencent’s WeChat Pay is launching a new payments feature that lets people transfer funds using a mobile phone number, TechNode reported on Wednesday (Oct. 23)....

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Top News In Payments: PayPal To Roll Out Venmo Credit Card; Mastercard Teams With WHSmith For Pay By Bank
Top News In Payments: PayPal To Roll Out Venmo Credit Card; Mastercard Teams With WHSmith...
October 18, 2019  |  News

Today in the payment’s news roundup, PayPal is teaming with Synchrony Financial to put forward a Venmo co-branded credit card next year. Also, Mastercard is...

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Despite China’s Slowing Economy, Credit Demand Still Strong
Despite China’s Slowing Economy, Credit Demand Still Strong
October 18, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

Chinese online finance giant Ant Financial, headed by billionaire Jack Ma, is seeing an uptick in the desire for credit among small and medium businesses...

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Ant Financial To Invest $600M In Zomato
Ant Financial To Invest $600M In Zomato
October 04, 2019  |  Investments

Zomato is in talks with Chinese payments giant Ant Financial to lead a $600 million funding round for the delivery company, according to a report...

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Agriculture In Ant Financial’s Blockchain Sights
Agriculture In Ant Financial’s Blockchain Sights
October 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Tracking agriculture activities via blockchain to digitize activities gains traction through joint Bayer Crop Science and Ant Financial efforts. Elsewhere, Overstock looks toward DLT for...

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