[Global Technology Reporter Li Wenyao] February 9 news, according to the US technology media The Information quoted informed sources, in order to finance overseas acquisitions, Ant Financial is negotiating with bankers, through the issuance of bonds or bank loans The possibility of raising more than $3 billion in funding.
In an interview, Ant Financial stated to Global Technology that “Since ants are a domestic company and they need a lot of dollars in the process of globalization, we will choose to borrow money from banks overseas for this part of the work. This is the enterprise. Normal operating behavior."
In January this year, Ant Financial has just completed the acquisition of MoneyGram, a well-known American financial company. Prior to this, Ant Financial entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Thai payment company Ascend Money, and invested in Indian Paytm. It also participates in the Korean Internet bank K-Bank and exports the technology overseas.
According to official statistics, as of October 2016, Ant Financial’s real-name users exceeded 450 million, including 40 million overseas users, plus 150 million users served by partner Paytm, and Ant Financial’s overseas users approached 200 million. , accounting for 30% of the total number of users.
As of September 2016, in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and other countries and regions, Alipay's Alipay has access to more than 80,000 overseas offline merchant stores, as well as Munich Airport, Tokyo Narita International Airport , Seoul Incheon International Airport, Hong Kong International Airport and other top ten overseas airports.
Currently, Ant Financial Services has covered 70 countries around the world. In early 2016, it received US$4.5 billion in financing, with a valuation of US$60 billion. It has become the most valuable Chinese financial technology company.
Regarding the IPO timetable that the outside world has always been concerned about, although Ma Yun expressed that he would consider Ant Financial for listing in Hong Kong, Ant Financial also repeatedly stated that there is no specific IPO timetable. Previously, foreign media quoted a person familiar with the matter as saying that the Ant Financial IPO will not start until at least the second half of 2017.
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