Agustín Carstens says big techs involved in financial services are gaining systemic importance and may quickly become “too big to fail”.
February 12, 2023The approval is being hailed as a "milestone" after Chinese regulators forced Ant Group to cancel its IPO in November 2020 and ordered it to restructure.
January 5, 2023The fine is likely to focus on Ant's alleged violations relating to a "disorderly expansion of capital" and the corresponding financial risks.
November 23, 2022One option is to group financial activities into a dedicated subgroup under an FHC structure. A second is to create a new regulatory category for big tech financial groups.
October 4, 2022A subsidiary of state-owned China Merchants Group has been granted a financial holding company licence.
September 13, 2022China Development Financial Holding Corp was fined TWD 20mn. Its subsidiaries China Life and KGI Securities were fined TWD 6mn and TWD 2.4mn respectively.
August 4, 2022Ant Group is reportedly aiming to file a preliminary IPO prospectus as early as next month, subject to regulatory feedback on its financial holding company setup.
June 21, 2022Shin Kong Financial Holding executives were taking directions from the former group chairman, who was barred in 2020.
March 17, 2022China's National Audit Office, the CBIRC and other authorities have reportedly asked SOEs and banks to report on their exposures to Ant, its subsidiaries and its shareholders.
February 23, 2022If approved, Wanxiang Holding will become China’s first privately owned firm to operate a financial holding company.
February 11, 2022