Alibaba financial affiliate valued at $60b: reports

AFP, BEIJING:  China’s top internet finance company, e-commerce giant Alibaba’s affiliate Ant Financial, could start the process of going public this year, reports said Monday, with the firm’s latest fundraising valuing it at $60 billion.
Ant Financial Services Group, which owns and operates the Paypal-like service Alipay, has met the Chinese listing requirement of three years profitability, Bloomberg News cited unidentified sources as saying.
It is planning to list on the Shanghai stock exchange, they said, and could become China’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) since 2010.
Ant declined to “comment on market speculations”.
Partly owned by Alibaba founder Jack Ma, Ant Financial also runs China’s largest  money market fund and provides financial services focussed on serving small companies.
It is currently seeking private funding of $3.5 billion, Bloomberg reported, valuing it at around $60 billion.

Alibaba financial affiliate valued at $60b: reports

AFP, BEIJING: Chinas top internet finance company, e-commerce giant Alibabas affiliate Ant Financial, could start the process of going public this year, reports said Monday, with the firms latest fundraising valuing it at $60 billion. Ant Financial Services Group, which owns and operates the Paypal-like service Alipay, has met the Chinese listing requirement of three years profitability, Bloomberg News cited unidentified sources as saying. It is planning to list on the Shanghai stock exchange, they said, and could become Chinas biggest initial public offering (IPO) since 2010. Ant declined to comment on market speculations. Partly owned by Alibaba founder Jack Ma, Ant Financial also runs Chinas largest money market fund and provides financial services focussed on serving small companies. It is currently seeking private funding of $3.5 billion, Bloomberg reported, valuing it at around $60 billion.