Franchising, retail, business
01/10/2014
Jack Ma-founded commerce giant Alibaba is setting up a private bank in China.
The Chinese government has granted Alibaba’s affiliate Zhejiang Ant Small & Micro Financial Services Group to set up a private bank to provide financial services to consumers and small businesses.
The bank will be 30 per cent owned by Zhejiang Ant, 25 per cent by Shanghai Fosun Industrial Technology, 18 per cent by a subsidiary of Wanxiang Group and 16 per cent by Ningbo Jinrun Asset Management.
“The bank aims to bring innovation to the real economy and customers’ daily lives and to improve the credit system of Internet finance,” said Yu Shengfa, VP of Zhejiang Ant.
Alibaba’s rival Tencent has won permission from Chinese regulators to set up a private bank in July.
By:http://insideretail.asia/2014/10/01/alibaba-breaks-banking-business/