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Ant Group Overhauling Operations To Satisfy Chinese Regulators 

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After having its $37 billion dual IPO pulled by Beijing, Jack Ma’s Ant Group is working fast to overhaul operations to comply with government regulations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (Jan.

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Alibaba to Buy 33% Equity Stake in Fintech Affiliate Ant Financial

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The Alibaba Group will take a 33% equity stake in Ant Financial, it’s affiliate fintech company that operates popular mobile payments service Alipay, the group announced today.

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Data Enablers: SigOpt’s Machine Learning Tools Help Businesses Optimize Operations

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From some guy’s garage in San Francisco, a group of math nerds has grown into one of the world’s finest-tuned machine learning operations. After testing the solution out at Yelp, we joined YCombinator to launch the company in 2014 and bring this solution to experts in every field.

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2016 Innovators to Watch: 1 to 5

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Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More. Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world.

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German FinTech N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO

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The former CFO of Zalando SE, one of Europe’s most successful eCommerce retailers, Kemper was instrumental in leading the company’s IPO in 2014 on the Frankfurt stock exchange. Dropbox leader Adrienne Gormley will become the chief operating officer. The company operates in 25 countries and employs more than 1,500 people.

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Best New Financial Apps 2016, The List

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Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among financially ambitious millennials. Robinhood was paid the enormous compliment of having “cracked the millennial code” by none other than Jay Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank and founder of BankMobile.

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Wells Fargo Seeks Bidders For Private-Label Credit Card Unit

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In 2014, then-CFO John Shrewsberry told investors at a conference that the bank was looking to add to its private-label credit card business. We won’t be expanding the size of our balance sheet for any reason, because we’re operating with an asset cap,” Shrewsberry explained to reporters during the earnings call.

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