Fintechjätte närmar sig USA med uppköp
Kinas ledande fintechbolag Ant Financial, med e-betallösningen Alipay, köpte under torsdagen upp det Texasbaserade penningtransaktionsbolaget Moneygram för 880 miljoner dollar, skriver Wall Street Journal. I och med affären möjliggörs eventuellt ett kliv över Stilla havet för Ant Financial och därigenom möjligheten att ta upp konkurrensen med internationella jättar som Paypal.
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Ant Financial Services Group
Wikipedia (en)
Ant Financial Services Group (Chinese: 蚂蚁金服 . website ) formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. It operates the Alipay payment platform. It also runs the Sesame Credit credit rating system.
Alipay was rebranded as Ant Financial Services in 2015.
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Moneygram
Wikipedia (en)
MoneyGram International Inc. is a money transfer company based in the United States with headquarters in Dallas, Texas. It has an operation center in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and regional and local offices around the world. MoneyGram is a public company and listed under the ticker symbol MGI. MoneyGram businesses are divided into two categories: Global Funds Transfers and Financial Paper Products. The company works with individuals and businesses through a network of agents and financial institution customers.
MoneyGram is the second largest provider of money transfers in the world. The company operates in more than 200 countries with a global network of about 347,000 agent offices.
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