Alibaba’s Ant Financial is buying MoneyGram for $880M
techcrunch.comA big move to bring Ant Financial to more markets globally, to give Alibaba a foothold in the US, and also to liberate Ant from Alibaba's shadow somehow. The deal won't close until the second half of the year though -- any potential issues with the Trump administration? Seems unlikely since Jack Ma has already been PR power-playing, but who knows for sure.
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