Ant Group

Grab, Sea And Ant Chosen To Receive Digital Banking Licenses In Singapore 
Grab, Sea And Ant Chosen To Receive Digital Banking Licenses In Singapore 
December 04, 2020  |  International

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Friday (Dec. 4) chose four firms to receive digital banking licenses, including “digital full bank” licenses for Singapore-based Sea Ltd....

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Today In Payments: Walmart’s Flipkart Planning To Spin Out PhonePe; Starboard Urges ACI To Put Itself Up For Sale
Today In Payments: Walmart’s Flipkart Planning To Spin Out PhonePe; Starboard Urges ACI To Put...
December 03, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Flipkart is planning to sell a percentage of its payments arm PhonePe, and Starboard wants to see ACI Worldwide put itself...

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Ant Group Reportedly Eyes Sale Of 30 Pct Stake In India’s Paytm
Ant Group Reportedly Eyes Sale Of 30 Pct Stake In India’s Paytm
December 02, 2020  |  International

China’s Ant Group, which owns the widely used Alipay payments app, is looking at selling its 30 percent stake in India’s Paytm as friction between...

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China’s Financial Industry Firms Redo Plans, Funding In Wake Of More Oversight
China’s Financial Industry Firms Redo Plans, Funding In Wake Of More Oversight
November 26, 2020  |  International

With regulators cracking down in China, FinTech leaders are scrambling for capital and trying to plan their futures, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. 25). Jack Ma‘s...

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Singapore Says They’ll Award Digital Banking Licenses By Year’s End
Singapore Says They’ll Award Digital Banking Licenses By Year’s End
November 24, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Singapore’s financial regulator is sticking to the original plan to award digital banking licenses by the end of the year, according to a Bloomberg report,...

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What Will Ant Group Look Like A Year From Now?
What Will Ant Group Look Like A Year From Now?
November 20, 2020  |  Regulation

What’s next for Ant Group – and by extension, Jack Ma?  In China, the battle of the regulators versus FinTech behemoth has seemingly been joined. ...

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Investor: Ant Group Could Still Have Record IPO, Despite Setbacks
Investor: Ant Group Could Still Have Record IPO, Despite Setbacks
November 18, 2020  |  IPO

Ant Group’s expected initial public offering (IPO) was scuttled this month, but the Chinese internet giant still has fans who are rooting for an IPO,...

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Ant IPO Stopped By President Xi As Rebuke To Gov’t Criticism
Ant IPO Stopped By President Xi As Rebuke To Gov’t Criticism
November 12, 2020  |  IPO

Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly personally nixed the Ant Group double initial public offering (IPO), which had been set to be the biggest in the...

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Chinese Big Tech Value Plummets $280B Amid Regulatory Issues
Chinese Big Tech Value Plummets $280B Amid Regulatory Issues
November 11, 2020  |  International

Big technology firms in China are suffering as regulatory issues continue, triggering falling share prices, according to a CNBC report on Wednesday (Nov. 11). Hong...

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