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Can Alibaba’s Ant Financial Disrupt China’s Financial Industry?

August 5, 2015 By Major Tian

In a short space of time Alibaba’s Ant Financial has created—and scaled—a diverse set of financial products and services: from online payments to cloud computing and data services.

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Digital Economy, Finance, Infographics, Internet Finance, The Chinapreneurs Tagged With: Alibaba, Alipay, Ant Financial, Loans, Slider, Yu'e Bao

China Roundup: Who Moved the Hang Seng Index?

April 9, 2015 By Major Tian

This week, mainland investors pushed the Hang Seng Index to a seven-year high; Alibaba’s Ant Financial launched a Big Data-based stock index; and Cloud Live Technology teetered close to a default.

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Finance, Know China, Stock Exchange Tagged With: Alibaba, Big Data, Bonds, Foreign Exchange, Slider, Tesla, Valuation of RMB, Wearable Devices, Yu'e Bao

China Roundup: RIP. Yahoo China

March 19, 2015 By Major Tian

This week saw the end of Yahoo China, the Shanghai Composite Index peaked, and Uber found an unlikely partner in the Warren Buffet-backed BYD.

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, China Round-up, Digital Economy, Finance, Internet Finance, Know China, Real Estate, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, BYD, EV, Housing Prices, Slider, Tencent, Uber, Xiaomi, Yahoo, Yu'e Bao

When your Bank Interest is a Basketful of Vegetables

January 13, 2015 By Brian Viard

CKGSB professor Brian Viard on why Chinese banks are resorting to paying bank interest through Mercedes Benz cars, iPhones and even vegetables.

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Economics, ExpertSpeak, Finance, Invisible Hand Revealed, Know China Tagged With: Alipay, Banking Reform, Brian Viard, Interest Rate, Invisible Hand Revealed, Shadow Banking, Slider, Yu'e Bao

China Roundup: Robust Growth in China’s Exports and Imports and Alipay Gets a Makeover

October 17, 2014 By Major Tian

This week, China’s exports and imports data showed robust growth despite forecasts that were less rosy; and Alibaba’s financial arm Alipay got a makeover.

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, eCommerce, International Trade, Know China Tagged With: Alibaba, Alipay, Consumer Prices, Economic Growth, Exports, Imports, Inflation, Jack Ma, Local Debt, Slider, Yu'e Bao

Internet Finance in China: Will it Disrupt Traditional Banking?

March 31, 2014 By Ana Swanson

As consumers drift towards easy-to-use internet finance in China, what will happen to traditional banks? Like many businesses the world over, investment in China has gone mobile. Just ask Yang Ren Jun, a 26-year-old translator and interpreter in Shanghai. Yang initially invested RMB 3,000 in a new online investment service called Yu’e Bao (meaning “leftover treasure” in […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Economics, Finance, Infographics, Internet Finance, Know China Tagged With: Alibaba, Baidu, Funds, Internet FInancing, Li Cai Tong, Slider, Tencent, Yu'e Bao

Regulating internet finance in China

March 26, 2014 By Major Tian

Chen Long, Professor of Finance at CKGSB, believes that the authorities have to tread a fine line while regulating internet finance products in China such as Alibaba’s Yu’e Bao and Tencent’s Li Cai Tong. Here’s why. China’s most dominant online payment system is going through “the toughest, yet the most honorable moment”, says Jack Ma, President of […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Economics, Finance, Innovation, Internet Finance, Know China, Technology, Videos Tagged With: Alibaba, Baidu, Chinese Economy, Funds, Internet FInancing, Li Cai Tong, PBOC, Slider, Tencent, Wealth Management, Yu'e Bao

Internet finance in China: Risk-free Returns?

March 24, 2014 By David Green

Internet finance in China is taking off and deposits in online funds such as Alibaba’s Yu’e Bao are swelling. What are the risks that investors should watch out for? Current and would-be investors in China’s tech sector titans are advised to take a closer look at the mechanics propelling the stellar growth of their online fund offerings. […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Economics, Finance, Know China Tagged With: Alibaba, China Regulation, Funds, Internet FInancing, IPOs, Li Cai Tong, PBOC, Slider, Taobao, Yu'e Bao

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