Jack Ma’s New Chieftain Lays Out Plan to Fend Off Tencent

(Bloomberg) — Billionaire Jack Ma’s newest chieftain is accelerating Alipay’s evolution into an online mall for everything from loans and travel services to food delivery, in a bid to claw…

Jack Ma’s New Chieftain Lays Out His Plan to Fend Off Tencent

(Bloomberg) — Billionaire Jack Ma’s newest chieftain is accelerating Alipay’s evolution into an online mall for everything from loans and travel services to food delivery, in a bid to claw…

Explainer: Central banks eye digital cash to fend off crypto threat

By Francesco Canepa, Tom Wilson FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s largest central banks — and even some of the smaller ones — are toying with the idea of issuing digital…