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Alibaba Group arm Ant Financial to launch online bank

Monday 13 April 2015 07:29 CET | News

Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba’s affiliate Ant Financial has revealed plans to launch its online bank, MYbank, in June 2015.

Ant Financial will hold a 30% stake in MYbank, while subsidiaries of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International and auto parts maker Wanxiang Group will own 25% and 18% respectively. Ningbo Jinrun Asset Management will own 16% and other shareholders the remainder.

MYbank’s launch will help Alibaba build an internet finance platform, which Ant says will offer services like banking, loans and credit, insurance, payment systems and investment to new tiers of Chinese society.


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