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Rakuten Group announces consolidation of fintech operations

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Rakuten Group has unveiled its plans to consolidate its fintech operations into a unified group in a bid to expand its customer base across various sectors.

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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. The company is keeping the lines of communication open and establishing a time frame to make changes, he noted.

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The Bank-FinTech Collaboration Model Goes Global

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With more financial institutions (FIs) turning to external third-party FinTechs to strengthen their small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and corporate offerings, the collaboration model is proliferating across national borders. Absa Group Collabs With Surecomp. BNL Goes Live With Tink. ní banka Taps Temenos.

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Ant Group Reels In Small Investors As IPO Nears

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FinTech company Ant Group continues to press toward having the biggest initial public offering (IPO) ever, with returns at an estimated $35 billion. Ant Group is the online payment affiliate of China-based Alibaba Group Holding. Ant Group gets most of its revenue from consumer loans made on the Alipay payments app.

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Ant Group Moves Ahead With $35B IPO After China's OK

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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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Female FinTech Founders’ Funding Behind Male Counterparts

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Female FinTech entrepreneurs are getting left out of funding even as record venture capital money is being pumped into startups. percent of FinTech startups with female founders received funding January through October, according to Crunchbase, per a Bloomberg report on Wednesday (Nov. Companies that did get funding received only 0.9

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New UBS Portfolio Focuses $200M On FinTechs

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Multinational investment bank UBS has launched the UBS Next platform in order to help invest in FinTechs and the "broader tech ecosystem," according to a press release. UBS Next will pursue direct investments in early stage FinTechs and other such companies.

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