Fin-tech and Regulation: A Case Study on Ant Group

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Fin-tech and Regulation: A Case Study on Ant Group

Ant Financial IPO was suspended right before the planned date. What is the reason behind? This course analyzes the failure of Ant Financial IPO through discussions of the fight between Ant and regulators.

Applicants: 16

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Time commitment:

45 min

Pace:

Self-paced

Language:

English

Level:

Introductory

About this course

Ant Financial IPO was suspended by Chinese regulators right before the planned date. What is the reason behind? How Ant Financial grows into a financial giant in China in a short time? Is Ant Financial a financial Ant or a tech Ant? This course walks you through the four rounds of fight between Ant Financial and regulators, and discusses the failure of Ant Financial IPO and the real reason behind. Along with the timeline of Ant´s development, the structure and business of Ant Financial are analyzed with supporting data. How Ant Financial makes profits and its financial risks are investigated in details as well.

What you’ll learn

Form a general understanding of Ant Financial and the development of its business in the past years
Understand the relationship and four rounds of fight between Ant Financial and regulators
Learn the reasons why Ant Financial grows into a financial giant in China in a short time
Analyze the structure and business of Ant Financial to demonstrate whether it is a financial company or technology company
Analyze how Ant Financial makes profits and what financial risks it brings for the finance sector in China
Gain insight on the real reason of IPO failure of Ant Financial

About the instructor(s)

Nan Li

Associate Professor at Antai College of Economics and Management of Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Syllabus

47 minutes to complete

Session
1

17 minutes
Development of Alipay and its business

This session introduces the timeline of the development of Alipay and its business, analyzes how they make profits and how regulators respond to the new form of development in finance sector in China.
Session
2

30 minutes
Ant Financial IPO Failure

This session discusses the nature of Ant Financial through analyzing its structure of business and the financial risks it brings, which lead to suspending of Ant Financial IPO by regulators.