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  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Chinese business & finance
    China tightens online lending rules in fresh blow to Ma’s Ant Group

    Tech platforms will be forced to provide capital for 30% of the loans they offer in partnership with banks

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    China’s clampdown on Jack Ma’s Ant boosts rivals

    High-interest lenders fill market vacated by fintech group, increasing fears of rising defaults

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Ant Group strikes deal with Chinese regulators over restructuring

    Jack Ma’s payments group will put all its businesses inside financial holding company

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    The man taking on Jack Ma cements his status as a rising star

    Chinese regulator Guo Shuqing gains influence as he leads campaign against Ant group

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    FT AlphavilleClaire Jones
    Crackdown on Ant Group will be echoed elsewhere

    Jack Ma’s disappearance tells us a lot about the nature of China’s brand of capitalism. It also speaks to just how political a weapon currency is, the world over.

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Ant plans sale of prized US asset as user data scrutiny intensifies

    Biometric security firm EyeVerify ‘targeted’ as Chinese fintech raises capital after halted IPO

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    News in-depthJack Ma
    Crackdown on Jack Ma’s empire gathers pace despite reappearance

    Beijing increases pressure on Ant Group hours after tech billionaire breaks public silence

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Jack Ma
    Jack Ma makes first public appearance since Ant’s cancelled IPO

    Alibaba shares rise after Chinese billionaire resurfaces on video after three-month absence

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Global investors in limbo after Ant IPO torpedoed by Beijing

    BlackRock among groups left holding $10.3bn worth of illiquid stakes in Chinese fintech

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    The Big Read
    Jack Ma vs Xi Jinping: the future of private business in China

    The crackdown on Alibaba and Ant Group amounts to an unprecedented squeeze on a ubiquitous ecommerce empire

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    #fintechFT
    Fintech stories to watch in 2021 Premium

    We’ll be following the IPO boom, government crackdowns on fintech, the Covid recovery and more

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    China’s crackdown on Ant is not without risks

    Beijing must continue to allow private enterprise and innovation to thrive

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    John Thornhill
    The big questions for Big Tech in 2021

    Regulation and retention will determine whether Facebook, Google, Alibaba and their peers continue to clean up

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    News in-depth
    China plots ‘rectification’ drive to bring Jack Ma’s Ant Group to heel

    Beijing to carve out fintech’s most lucrative units into tightly regulated holding company

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    Alibaba
    Alibaba shares fall 8% after Beijing turns up heat on Ant

    Chinese authorities publicly accuse Jack Ma’s financial unit of regulatory failings

  • Sunday, 27 December, 2020
    China’s central bank orders Jack Ma’s Ant Group to overhaul business

    Fintech giant accused of ‘turning a blind eye’ on regulatory compliance issues

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The best of DD’s corporate finance coverage in 2020 Premium

    We’re counting down our top-10 topics of the year

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Digital banking
    Singapore grants digital bank licences to major Asian tech companies

    Sea and Ant Group among recipients as city-state shakes up banking system

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Marietje Schaake
    China’s move on Ant makes the fight on Big Tech global

    Powerful companies are impinging on the norm-setting roles of governments themselves

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Inside BusinessHenny Sender
    Lessons from China’s decision to halt Ant Group’s giant IPO

    Intervention by Beijing might spur entrepreneurs to take a lower profile

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    #fintechFT
    Lufax beats Ant to IPO Premium

    Chinese fintech company lists in New York

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    News in-depthNews in-depth4 min
    Why the Ant IPO got cancelled

    Hudson Lockett explains why Beijing put a stop to the biggest listing in history

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Fintech
    China’s banking regulator signals tougher fintech antitrust laws

    Stocks of Alibaba and other online groups tumble on concern over crackdown

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Top takeaways from the FT Dealmakers Summit Premium

    DD’s inaugural event assembled executives to reflect on a tumultuous year, and where the US election and hunt for a Covid cure will lead

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    Funds move to quell retail investors’ ire over halted $37bn Ant IPO

    Mutual funds offer retail investors a route to reimbursement as outrage brews

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