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FintechNews RoundupUSA
·Dec. 1, 2017

Ant Financial and QCash win FT Fintech Awards

Alibaba spin-off Ant Financial and non profit online lender QCash won the second annual FT fintech awards; they were selected from a group of over 200 companies in the fintech space and the winners were announced at the FT Banking Summit; both companies were rewarded for innovation and providing increased access to financial services. Source.

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FintechNews Roundup
·Nov. 15, 2017

Ant Financial Responds to Transparency Concerns

Moody’s Investors Service had previously stated that companies like Ant needed to be more transparent about their asset-backed securities and their criteria for lending; Douglas Feagin, senior vice president of global business for Ant Financial stated, “The demand for these securities is very healthy and continuing to expand. That, at the end of the day, is the ultimate barometer of whether you're giving enough information to investors to invest. I think seeing that demand is evidence that we're sharing the right kind of information with them.”; article discusses the abs market broadly in China which has increased recently. Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Oct. 30, 2017

Fintech Companies See the Value in Alternative Data in China

Only 25 percent of the Chinese population is considered to have a traditional credit score; for non bank lenders gathering alternative data like transactions and social media has helped them to identify potential borrowers who the banks will not serve; Ant Financial has built out Sesame Credit who gathers this type of data and other online lenders have also begun using different data pieces to assess risk. Source.

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FintechNews Roundup
·Oct. 25, 2017

General Secretary Xi Lays Out Vision for Tech Firms

In an address to the 19th CPC National Congress Xi called for bigger efforts to increase growth in internet based companies, big data and artificial intelligence; “We will make sure that our payment, wealth management and credit services can improve the welfare of the unbanked and underbanked population,” said Ant Financial CEO Eric Jing who was responding to another section of Xi’s speech which looks for the economy to better serve everyone. Source.

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Asia/PacFintechNews Roundup
·Aug. 28, 2017

CB Insights: How Chinese Tech Giants Are Plowing into Southeast Asia

CB Insights outlines five tech giants' notable investments, partnerships and M&A moves in the Southeast Asia region; the five tech giants included in the article are Alibaba, Ant Financial, Tencent, Didi Chuxing and JD.com; the article highlights Ant Financial's investments in Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia, as well as its strategic partnerships throughout Southeast Asia. Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Nov. 16, 2017

Zhima (Sesame) Credit Responds to FT Article

One of Ant Financial’s subsidiaries is Zhima or Sesame Credit; it is a private third party credit scoring service and clarified that it does not share user scores or underlying data with any third party including the government without the user’s prior consent; they point out in their response that they also do not monitor the content of users’ social media posts and share how the service works. Source

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Peer to Peer Lending
·Nov. 1, 2017

GAFA Will Have a Profound Impact on the Future of Finance

One of the first posts I ever wrote on Lend Academy back in 2010 was about mulling the idea of...
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FintechNews Roundup
·Oct. 27, 2017

Ant Financial Puts IPO Plans on Hold

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ant Financial is putting plans on hold to go public and will continue to invest in a wide variety of startups; Ant is one of the world’s most valuable fintech companies and last raised $4.5 billion in April 2016 giving it a $60 billion valuation; the firm is focused on expanding Alipay beyond the 70 countries it is used and deploying artificial intelligence technology. Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Oct. 18, 2017

Chris Skinner Digs Into Ant Financial

As part of his new book to be released next year, Chris Skinner (thefinanser.com) visited Hangzhou, China to meet with executives from Ant Financial; he discusses just how far ahead China is compared to the US and Europe, especially when it comes to payments; shares what he learned about the mission of Ant Financial, including their products Alipay, Taobao (their online marketplace) and Yu’e Bao (the largest money market fund in the world). Source

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Asia/PacFintechNews Roundup
·Aug. 25, 2017

Is There a Difference Between Techfin and Fintech?

In 2015 JD Finance recommended using the term "fintech" and in December of 2016 Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, coined "techfin"; the use of techfin showed Ant Financial's focus on building technology instead of products; the article explores whether the two concepts of fintech and techfin are actually different and the business models of JD Finance and Ant Financial. Source

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