Why Jack Ma’s Ant Financial is buying MoneyGram
By Bloomberg
27 January 2017 |
9:01 am
Ant Financial, the financial technology company controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, stepped up its international expansion by buying U.S. money-transfer service MoneyGram International Inc.
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