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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Ant Group has won the nod from China's top security regulators for its Shanghai offering, the last hurdle to clear for the $35 billion dual listing, Reuters reports. Ant, the FinTech backed by China's Alibaba Group, plans to list simultaneously in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the next few weeks, according to sources quoted by Reuters.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

As it aims for an approximately $225 billion valuation, Ant Group intends to seek dual listings in Shanghai and Hong Kong in the weeks to come, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The news comes as Ant Group gained profits of $1.3 million in earnings for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Co.

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

The Chinese government’s previously announced antitrust investigation of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation posted a notice on its website Thursday (Dec. The pressure was sufficient to scuttle what was expected to be a huge initial public offering by Ant Group.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

China’s Ant Group, which owns the widely used Alipay payments app, is looking at selling its 30 percent stake in India’s Paytm as friction between the two countries grows, sources told Reuters. Reuters said Paytm, which is partly backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., Like Alipay, Paytm is a digital payments platform.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Financial regulators in China are moving to curb the influence of Jack Ma 's Ant Group by telling it to switch focus back to its mainstay payments business while fixing issues in personal lending, wealth management and more, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The People's Bank of China criticized Ant on Sunday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Ant, which is backed by Alibaba, plans to list on both the Hong Kong market and on Shanghai's STAR Market in the next few weeks. Ant Group was said recently to be pondering a $280 billion minimum valuation for the double listing, a 12 percent hike from the previous amount speculated.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Jack Ma has seen his net worth plunge by $3 billion after the Ant Group double initial public offering (IPO) was suspended on Tuesday (Nov. Ant Group was looking to raise around $35 billion in proceeds from the offering. percent of Alibaba, which has a market capitalization of $775.5 Ma also owns 4.2

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) has received a complaint against Facebook that alleges the social media giant wrongfully disclosed information on members of closed groups. Facebook has marketed this product as a Personal Health Record. Facebook then leaked to the public health data that those patients uploaded.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk noted that most of the members of the new lobbying group have ties to Ripple. Coindesk pointed to Coil as one example. Its founder is the former chief technology officer at Ripple.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Several regulatory agencies — the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), Insurance Regulatory Commission, the Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange — summoned Ma, the controlling shareholder in Ant Group, on Monday (Nov. 2) to answer questions behind closed doors. billion in 2019. .

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Jack Ma’s Ant Group broke records on Wednesday (Oct. CICC and China Securities Co. The billionaire founder of China’s eCommerce giant Alibaba, an Ant Group affiliate, Ma is poised to add some $27 billion to his fortune after the IPO, a Forbes report said. Citigroup, J.P. are leading the Shanghai listing. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

China’s Ant Group is mulling the creation of a new consumer loan unit that would allow it to continue making loans throughout the country while complying with new Chinese banking regulations. Ant Group had planned to go public for $35 billion, which would have made it the largest IPO in market history. On Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

has entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management, while Authentic Brands is reportedly in discussions with Arcadia Group and Debenhams. Bed Bath & Beyond Strikes Deal To Sell Cost Plus World Market. Riley Securities Inc. Riley Securities Inc.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

What’s next for Ant Group – and by extension, Jack Ma? . Several regulatory agencies — the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the Insurance Regulatory Commission, the Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange — summoned Ma to answer questions. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

To create and promote the adoption of a new royalty-free connectivity standard to make smart home products more compatible with security as a design tenet, Amazon, Google, Apple and the Zigbee Alliance unveiled a new working group. It is created around the idea that smart home devices should be seamless, reliable and secure.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I am pleased to share with our blog readers that Kristen Larson, an attorney with almost two decades of in-house experience advising midsized and large national banks on financial services matters, has joined Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group. She is resident in the firm’s Minneapolis office.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

This week’s look at the latest funding for B2B FinTech and other startups showcases an investor appetite for security, data and business intelligence, with nearly $63.5 California- and Israel-based Ermetic is another newly funded B2B startup focused on enterprise security. million in fresh investment for the industry.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

is looking to buy NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells military-grade technology, for around $1 billion. Verint — b ased in Melville, NY — trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market with a market value of around $2.8 software company Verint Systems, Inc. Spokeswomen for all three companies declined to comment on the report.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

Delivery and pickup company Postmates has added a free group delivery option, according to reports. . The service is called Postmates Party, and it lets customers have meals delivered as part of a group. Postmates said people can order from Shake Shack, The Halal Guys and Blaze Pizza, among others, and use the group option.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Some data may exist in secure warehouses, others within Salesforce, or Amazon Web Services S3. Salesforce Data Cloud Securely Brings It All Together Businesses can leverage the power of tools such as Salesforce’s Data Cloud to bring together multiple data sets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

A group of senators have introduced a bill that would classify Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra as a security under the law, according to a report by CNBC. The bill is called the “Managed Stablecoins are Securities Act of 2019” and was proposed by two members of the House Financial Services Committee, Reps.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

A group of senators have introduced a bill that would classify Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra as a security under the law, according to a report by CNBC. The bill is called the “Managed Stablecoins are Securities Act of 2019” and was proposed by two members of the House Financial Services Committee, Reps.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The move by the huge Chinese eCommerce player to take its healthcare branch public, though, comes just a few weeks after authorities in Beijing surprised the financial sector by nixing plans for a massive, $37 billion IPO by Ant Group. Also boding well for JD Health is Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

have established an $800 million fund to boost trade finance in emerging markets. Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting supply chains, decreasing demand, and causing overall market anxiety,” said Paulo de Bolle , global director of IFC’s Financial Institutions Group, in a statement. IFC ) and Citigroup Inc.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Zopa received those funds from a group linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Since COVID-19, non-bank lenders have been hurting as capital markets became less available and retail investors tried to withdraw their cash from the P2P sector, the Times reported. million) to become a challenger bank. based fund, and its U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

When it comes to securities, banking and other finance products which are employing technology such as a facial recognition or big data analytics, technologies to regulate that intelligent finance have lagged behind AI development, according to a report by the China Finance 40 Forum , a platform for finance policy research and academic exchange.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

But the biggest round of the week went to a challenger bank, which also secured unicorn status with its latest funding. Hub Security. Cybersecurity startup Hub Security, which targets FinTech, cloud storage and blockchain companies, has raised $5 million in Series A funding from AXA Ventures.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Introduction Investing is a crucial aspect of achieving financial goals and securing a stable future. Asset classes are groups of securities that have similar characteristics and responses to market variations. When it comes to investing, understanding different asset classes is fundamental to making informed decisions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Fabara officially joined Visa in September of 2019, coming from Amex, where he was president of its global services group. Now four months in, he told Webster that the idea of a secure and trusted payments ecosystem is part of Visa’s “corporate DNA.” Going on the Offense. More and more, we are going after bad actors with a vengeance.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

The new Digital Identity Tracker highlights how biometrics is being embraced across a wide range of markets, including travel, financial services and enterprises. In recent weeks, several companies have banded together to develop secure, seamless authentication tools. How Citi Taps Biometrics to Enhance ‘Security Perimeter’.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

Global seamless payment technology provider Ingenico Group recently announced an acquisition that will expand its footprint in the Ukraine. Ingenico Group recently acquired the Systems of Secure Transactions (SST) business unit from its long-time partner and distributor in the Ukraine Bancomzvjazok JSC (BKC).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The latest IoT Tracker delves into new applications for IoT, as well as its limitations, with a focus on supply chains and security. All of this innovation is also benefiting the cold chain market, which is expected to be worth $447.5 What About Security? Why so bullish? billion by 2025.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

have established an $800 million fund to boost trade finance in emerging markets. Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting supply chains, decreasing demand, and causing overall market anxiety,” said Paulo de Bolle , global director of IFC’s Financial Institutions Group, in a statement. IFC ) and Citigroup Inc.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 9, 2024

Our framework provides guidance to policymakers interested in using new combinations of balance sheet and interest rate policies by highlighting the relevance of the interbank market and financial frictions in the transmission of balance sheet policies. The central bank sells assets, principally government securities, to NBFIs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Cequence Security. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California. Contrast Security.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 7, 2024

However, Republic Bank’s loan portfolio mix is not dissimilar to its peer group, and there was no credit stress in that loan portfolio. However, that faster growth was not unusual and reflects the bank’s higher growth markets. Almost half of its loan portfolio had over 5Y fixed rate repricing (almost double its peer group).

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