Alibaba’s Ant Financial invests in Chinese bike-sharing startup unicorn Ofo

 Ofo, the Chinese bike-sharing startup that recently claimed unicorn status, announced this weekend that it has…

Alibaba’s Ant Financial may have won the bidding war for MoneyGram after upping its offer to $1.2B

 Ant Financial, the Alibaba affiliate company focused on financial services, appears to have finally won its…

Alibaba’s Ant Financial to develop services in Indonesia as global expansion continues

 Ant Financial, the fintech company affiliated with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is continuing its global expansion.…

Alibaba gets serious in Southeast Asia in preparation for battle with Amazon

 Done betting, Alibaba is getting down to work in Southeast Asia as it bids to lead the…

Amazon delays its entry into Southeast Asia

 Amazon has postponed its much-anticipated entry into Southeast Asia. The company initially planned to launch local…

Alibaba plays politics with new cross-border e-commerce initiative in Malaysia

 Alibaba is planting another flagpost in Southeast Asia. Unlike its $1 billion acquisition of Lazada last year,…

Euronet outbids Alibaba’s Ant Financial with $1 billion offer for MoneyGram

 Alibaba’s conquest to own a piece of the global money transfer industry just suffered a huge…

It’s Alibaba versus Amazon in India’s e-commerce market

 The battle for supremacy in India’s e-commerce space looks set to become a slug out between two…