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Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

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Ant Group is expanding its cross-border business from Hong Kong as the city rolls out initiatives to help Chinese enterprises expand overseas.

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Alibaba and Ant Financial jointly announced earlier this month that the Chinese e-commerce conglomerate would purchase a 33 percent stake in the latter.

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In Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, Ant Financial has partnered with local payers in digital payment.

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Ant Financial becomes a minority shareholder of Hong Kong-based dining guide platform OpenRice.