Regulators want Ant's two lenders to operate via a different app, and loan applications to be assessed first by a new firm run by Ant and state entities that will decide on users' credit ratings
Beijing’s administrators have long felt frustrated by capitalist excesses as the communist state sought to tread a delicate path between prosperity and fairness – but this year their patience snapped and the lawmakers made their move
Ant and state firms in Zhejiang province plan to set up a credit-scoring firm to handle the group's data on over 1 billion consumers. The new venture could help revive Ant's suspended IPO
Ho Chi Minh City-based Loship has attracted 2 million customers in Vietnam's fast-growing market and is fresh off a $12 million funding round
Ant Group, Tencent, ByteDance, Meituan, Baidu among firms met by regulators ‘Importance of safeguarding national security’ stressed at meetings ...
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China fined five banks for misconduct on Friday in its efforts to stamp out irregularities and maintain financial stability amid an economic recovery
China’s e-commerce colossus Alibaba Group Holding Ltd saw its quarterly revenues surge 64% on Thursday, as pandemic-restricted shoppers...
(ATF) China’s top securities regulator said on Friday it will restrict fintech companies and prohibit financial services...
Chinese regulators want the Alibaba founder to divest control of his biggest company and a new owner that is more aligned to the state, company insiders have alleged