Pedestrians walk past an advertisement for Alipay Wallet and YuEbao, offshoots of Alibaba’s Ant Financial, at a metro station in Shanghai. Photo Imaginechina Pedestrians walk past an advertisement for Alipay Wallet and YuEbao, offshoots of Alibaba’s Ant Financial, at a metro station in Shanghai. Photo Imaginechina
Pedestrians walk past an advertisement for Alipay Wallet and YuEbao, offshoots of Alibaba’s Ant Financial, at a metro station in Shanghai. Photo Imaginechina
Business /  Banking & Finance

Chinese fintechs overtake Western rivals in innovation

Joint study by EY and DBS bank says Chinese finance firms are creating ‘something quite different, that isn’t just a slightly better bank’

Topic |   Banking & Finance
Alice Woodhouse
Alice Woodhouse

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Pedestrians walk past an advertisement for Alipay Wallet and YuEbao, offshoots of Alibaba’s Ant Financial, at a metro station in Shanghai. Photo Imaginechina Pedestrians walk past an advertisement for Alipay Wallet and YuEbao, offshoots of Alibaba’s Ant Financial, at a metro station in Shanghai. Photo Imaginechina
Pedestrians walk past an advertisement for Alipay Wallet and YuEbao, offshoots of Alibaba’s Ant Financial, at a metro station in Shanghai. Photo Imaginechina
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