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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. Chinese financial regulators called Ma and his leadership team to answer questions on the eve of the company’s stock market debut.

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FinTech, Cirdan Capital Selects Axia by Profile to advance their operations

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Profile Software , the leading financial solutions provider, announced today the selection of Axia by Cirdan Capital, a financial technology company in the UK founded in 2014, that specialises in the issuance of structured investment products, to complete the proprietary technology of its platform.

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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. In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. Its most recent valuation was $3.5

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How Clandestina (Literally) Snuck Into The US Market

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And while those numbers aren’t likely to keep Amazon or H&M up at night, for a small Cuban eCommerce startup operating out of nation where internet access is patchy and from which the company can’t ship goods directly to U.S. as relations between the two nations began to improve in 2014. eCommerce operation.

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As Amazon’s Market Cap Takes Hit, Bright Spots Emerge

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It was only about two months ago — August, in fact — when the prediction came out: Amazon , the eCommerce operator that had recently made moves into healthcare, deepened its power in grocery and continued to grow in other parts of retail (and cloud computing), would hit $2.25 trillion in market capitalization by 2024. percent in 2017.

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Costco’s First China Store Signals Broader Retail Trend Into Foreign Markets

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continues to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations – same-day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the company recently said – as the merchant continues to bask in the glow of besting Amazon in an important customer satisfaction index. Additionally, the smartphone market is getting saturated.

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China Eyes Open Markets, Wide Shut

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On the face of it, China’s announcement that it would open its financial markets to increased ownership by foreign companies seems a sea change. So, with the caps uncapped, it follows that Western firms and companies will be operating in environments where investment pickings might be relatively slim. trillion at 2014’s end.

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