Global Regulators Warned About Entry of ‘Big Tech’ Firms into Financial Services August 3, 2021 By Marc Jones Central banks and financial regulators urgently need to get to grips with the growing influence of “Big Tech,” according to...
Ant’s Mega IPO Sets Up Jack Ma to Escalate War With Nemesis Tencent September 3, 2020 By Zheping Huang and Lulu Yilun Chen Ant Group’s late-summer IPO filing drove home why the business — backed by 711 million active users that spent $17...
Asia’s Ride-Hailing Firms Compete with Banks – and Ultimately Insurers: Opinion September 5, 2017 By Adam Minter In Southeast Asia, mobile banking is taking on a whole new meaning. Last week, Grab, one of the region’s top...