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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Authentic Brands is said to be in talks with Debenhams and Arcadia Group administrators, with unnamed sources claiming that the retail company is mulling a bid for the Sir Philip Green retail empire and the retailer, Retail Gazette reported. Arcadia Group is the owner of Evans, Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Topshop and others.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The business division of Western Union will work with Isabel Group , a Belgian company providing multi-bank services through its B2B network Isabel 6, to grow connectivity in Belgium, according to a press release. We are looking forward to working together with this international player in our ecosystem.".

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Ahead of an intended initial public offering (IPO), Alibaba Group Holding’s Ant Group has conducted a preliminary filing with the securities watchdog of China, Reuters reported. The news service reported that the move hints that the two Chinese investment institutions will be heading up the group’s onshore offering.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Diverse employee resource groups and skill set development programs for identifying rising professionals are key methods for enticing — and retaining — the next generation of tech and business experts, said executives.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Ant Bank, the virtual banking division of Hangzhou, China-based Ant Group , has launched banking services in Hong Kong, Fintech News reported. The launch comes a few weeks after Ant Group filed its initial public offering (IPO), which could be the biggest listing in the country’s history. billion yuan ($10.5

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The global payments processor said it paid $26 million to acquire the independent sales organization, which had been a long-time partner.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

In the wake of the collapse of its initial public offering of stock (IPO), China’s Ant Group is scaling back the borrowing limits for some of the young users of Huabei. Ant Group is best known for its wildly popular payment and loans app Alipay , which has both online and mobile platforms. The company did not elaborate.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

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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MARCH 2, 2020

His TCC Group has put in a bid for the Tesco’s assets, with funding already in place in the event that the bid is successful, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. Central Group and CP All PCL, the other two conglomerates in Thailand, have also reportedly put forward bids. To purchase the Asian assets of U.K.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Ant Group indicated on Thursday (Oct. Individual investors in Hong Kong have rushed to purchase into the initial public offering (IPO), as they wager that Ant Group will spike in value following its public debut on Thursday (Nov. Some of the leading investors put half a billion each into Ant Group.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Uber has introduced a group ordering option, the company said in a blog post. . Whether you’re at the office, going to a friend’s place or hosting at home, coordinating group meals can be challenging — especially when you and your guests are hungry and the clock is ticking,” the company said.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Sean Kennedy , a spokesman for the industry group, said in a statement to CNBC that vaccinating food service workers “will help ensure the food supply chain for our communities and ensure that agriculture industry and restaurant industry employees will be safe selling and serving healthy food.”.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

G-III Apparel Group , whose owned brands include DKNY and G.H. G-III Apparel Group reported net income of $1.29 Bass, among others, reported Tuesday (Dec. 8) that net sales plunged 26.7 percent as its Wilsons Leather and G.H. Bass brands suffered. That effort encompasses shutting down 89 G.H. per diluted share ($63.2

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma told Chinese regulators in November that he would give portions of Ant Group , the FinTech he founded, to the country's government in what so far has appeared to be an unsuccessful effort to make peace with authorities in the country, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Ant Group 's initial public offering (IPO) could be delayed by six months and its valuation reduced by quite a lot after its delay this week, a report from the Financial Times says, as new regulations come into play. 3), one day after Beijing debuted a set of regulations that would have forced Ant Group to re-do its business model.

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JUNE 14, 2020

Coupa Software , which works in business spend management, announced that it has acquired treasury management software BELLIN Group , according to a press release. ” BELLIN Group CEO Martin Bellin said he created the company initially as a way to combat the inadequacies he saw as a corporate treasurer earlier in his career.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Online sneaker marketplace Goat Group has raised $100 million in a Series E funding round, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which will go toward expanding its products and apparel categories. Goat Group and StockX are among the prominent new companies arising because of the trend.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

made good on its previously announced plan to allow group audio- and video-conference calls on its Echo devices, The Verge reported. The service appears to present a direct competitor to Zoom and Microsoft Teams in the market to provide group calls to relatively small groups of people. Amazon Inc. In the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

One of Sweden’s largest private insurers, Folksam Group , says a data breach affected one million of its clients. Folksam said it had accidentally allowed big tech companies to access customers’ private data, Bloomberg reported.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Southeast Asian FinTech Grab Financial Group announced in a press release that it has raised $300 million in a Series A funding round. Grab Financial Group had a productive 2020 in which it managed to increase total revenue by 40 percent. The round was led by Hanwha Asset Management , South Korea’s leading asset management company.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Benetton Group , an Italian fashion company, is teaming once more with retail market intelligence firm EDITED as an "essential platform" for its future three-year roadmap, according to a Wednesday (Dec. 16) announcement. “As

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MAY 14, 2020

Union Square Hospitality Group founder and CEO Danny Meyer said he doesn’t see reopening the dining rooms of his 19 restaurants located across New York City until after there is a vaccine for the coronavirus. Chef and restaurant group owner David Chang said he was permanently shuttering Nishi in Chelsea and Momofuku in Washington, D.C. .

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

billion all-stock merger deal between First Citizens and CIT Group will result in the creation of the 19 th biggest U.S. An approximate $2.2 bank, with over $100 billion in assets, the companies announced on Friday (Oct.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

As China's Ant Group readies for its IPO — the biggest ever — founder Jack Ma wanted to clarify that the company is a tech firm, not a bank, Reuters reports. In a brief statement, the groups said they had “conducted regulatory interviews with Ant Group’s actual controller Jack Ma, Chairman Eric Jing and Chief Executive Simon Hu.”.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

high street, Frasers Group said it is in talks to purchase the Debenhams department store company from administrators, The Irish Times reported. The news came after Arcadia Group, Debenhams' largest concession operator, fell into administration. He owns 64 percent of Frasers Group in addition to the Newcastle Football Club.

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JUNE 8, 2020

With the pandemic putting its business into a state of disorder, Lane Bryant and Ann Taylor owner Ascena Retail Group is reportedly in talks with lenders about a possible bankruptcy filing.

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JULY 8, 2020

Ant Group, the online payment service affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is looking to go public as early as this year, Reuters reported. . Ant Group was launched in 2014 to provide global financial services. If the IPO moves ahead, one of the sources said it would be one of the world’s biggest listings this year.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

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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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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JANUARY 6, 2021

Chinese regulators want billionaire Jack Ma to share consumer-credit data collected from his financial technology company Ant Group , which he's largely resisted doing for years, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. They want to make Ant utilize more of its own funds and also break what they say is the company's monopoly over data.

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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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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

What’s next for Ant Group – and by extension, Jack Ma? . The current saga as it unfolded is consistent with the values of Chinese society,” Yu told Webster, adding, “In the end, if Ant Group becomes the biggest financial institution in the world, from a policy maker's perspective, what does it serve beyond the social bragging?”. .

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

If so, Chinese FinTech Ant Group has a deal for you. As Ant Group is on the verge of launching a blockbuster, $35 billion IPO , its blockchain business, AntChain, has unveiled a new platform designed to help those on the creative side of the aisle protect their work from poachers.

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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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APRIL 5, 2019

Dozens of cybercriminal groups have found a home on Facebook , using the platform’s online marketplace to sell illegal services such as stolen credit card information, as well as account theft and spamming tools, according to Cisco Systems’ Talos security unit.

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