Tag: Ant Financial

Whether Ant Financial will snap up MoneyGram, and when, and what will happen if it does — hinge on both readiness and the marbled halls of the Hill. Read more: www.pymnts.com

China’s financial technology sector is taking off, allowing customers to easily make payments, obtain loans and invest online. Read more: www.forbes.com

Ant Financial is continuing to make its presence felt outside of the Chinese market with the acquisition of Lazada’s payments arm HelloPay. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

China's Ant Financial has sweetened its bid for MoneyGram International Inc by 36%. Read more: www.insurancejournal.com

Ant Financial is planning to increase its emphasis, and use, of blockchain technology in an effort to provide more trustworthy data to its user base. Read more: e27.co

Ant Financial President appealed to MoneyGram employees, customers and partners in an open letter expressing commitment to the deal. Read more: www.pymnts.com

MoneyGram today announced that it has entered into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with Euronet Worldwide, Inc. Read more: www.finextra.com

Austrade, the Australian government trade commission for exporters and information, is in China this week. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com

In January, Ant Financial first announced the plan to acquire US-based money transfer service MoneyGram. Read more: www.e27.co

A bidding war seems on the cards over remittances service MoneyGram as Euronet Worldwide attempts to swoop in on Ant Financial’s $880m acquisition. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com