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He has openly criticised the “pawnshop” model followed by China’s banks, and warned that innovation without risks would “kill innovation”.Įarlier in the year, Yi Gang, the governor of the People’s Bank of China, said that once the “problem is solved” around Ant Group its IPO could “go back to the track”. Mr Ma stepped back from public events for two months following his December meeting with regulators. In January, it was reported the fintech company was set to transform itself into a financial holding company in order to align with the regulatory requirements. It has also ruled out offering loans to minors through its consumer platform. Īnt Group has moved to reign in some of its operations and has also brought its capital requirements in line with those of banks. "I think any time a company goes through what Ant has gone through, I'd be surprised that there are not more revolving doors within the executive ranks." © Provided by The TelegraphĬhina has sought to bring in stricter controls around Mr Ma’s empire, fearing that Ant Group could pose a systemic risk to the banking sector. I think there's been a massive ripple effect," Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbushsaid. " exiting stage left at this juncture is not a shock and ultimately after going through what has been a category five storm in terms of the listing being pulled. It has more than 700m monthly customers with Alipay now viewed as the world’s largest mobile payments provider, ahead of PayPal. ”We are thankful to Simon for the efforts he made at our company.”Īnt operates Alipay, a Chinese super app that lets consumers send money, make payments, take out loans and invest in shares. Simon Hu’s resignation request, due to personal reasons,” Ant said in a statement. “The Ant Group Board of Directors has accepted Mr. He was told at the time that Ant would face increased scrutiny and be given restrictions on capital similar to the limits placed on bank.
Mr Hu was one of the senior executives summoned to a meeting with regulators a day before the scrapped float. It comes at a time when fintech spin-off of Jack Ma's Alibaba is overhauling its business operations after China pulled the plug on its $35bn (£26.9bn) flotation, dealing a blow to what was set to be the world's largest ever listing. Simon Hu, who took the helm in 2019 having headed up the cloud arm of Mr Ma’s e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, will be replaced as CEO by Ant Group executive Eric Jing. Jack Ma's finance lieutenant has walked away from Ant Group due to "personal reasons" as Beijing's clampdown on the fintech giant intensifies. Ant Group chief Simon Hu has resigned from the company - Cheng Leng