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Alibaba Bets Billions On Online Grocery In China

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In a quest to dominate online food shopping in China, Alibaba invested $3.6 billion for a controlling stake in the hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group , Alibaba said in a statement on Monday (Oct. China’s biggest online shopping event since COVID-19 — the annual 618 sale — netted a combined $136.5 19) CNN report.

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Things worth reading: 30th May 2017

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … Brexit: French officials in ‘serious’ talks with banks about leaving London Singapore’s central bank fines Credit Suisse, UOB over AML breaches Are banks about to operate completely online? The post Things worth reading: 30th May 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Jollypay Gets License To Operate In The UAE

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Online payment system Jollypay has received a license to operate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and it’s one of the first foreign companies to do so, according to a release. . It was started in 2017 to aid in the company’s creation of a payment and services endeavor. .

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Bank Innovation’s Picks for Top 5 Trends in Fintech in 2017

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE — The year of 2017 has been marked with more than a few good and not-so-good trends: but we’ll stick to fintech.

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2017 Innovators to Watch: 44 Executives Shaping the Future of Banking

Bank Innovation

2017 was a tumultuous year, but despite some stops and starts, innovation in finance is only gaining more momentum.

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SMBs’ Online Lending Surge Raises Borrower Protection Concerns

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Small businesses continue to flock to online platforms to find much-needed financing, with banks still failing to fill the demand for small to medium-sized business (SMB) loans despite economic growth in the U.S. But the majority of online SMB lenders do not disclose publicly their fees and interest rates, reports warned.

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The Great Online Innovation Pile On Of 2017

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There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. billion into Snap since it started in 2012, and its IPO in March of 2017 raised $3.4 When Amazon was just about selling books online, its competition was the physical bookstore. Investors put $2.65 billion more. Then there’s Amazon.