Ant Group

AIA Malaysia buys minority stake in Ant-backed e-wallet operator TNG Digital

Insurance company AIA Malaysia announced on Monday has made a minority equity investment in TNG Digital, the owner of Touch ‘n Go eWallet, the largest e-wallet company in…

Fintech, smartphone digital banking

Singapore now has 4 digital banks after MAS grants licences to Grab-Singtel, Sea Group, Ant Group, and Greenland Financial

The Grab Holdings Inc. and Singtel partnership to operate a digital bank gets a nod from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), allowing the consortium to accept deposits and…

Ant Financial, Ant Group, Jack Ma, Alibaba

Jack Ma’s fintech giant Ant: a brief history of its Southeast Asia empire building

Now we know that Ant Financial—or Ant Group, as we apparently must call it from now on—is ready for dual IPOs pretty soon, it’s a good time to remember that the Alibaba spinoff…