ANT INTERNATIONAL RAISES $1.2B IN LATEST FUNDING
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Ant International, the Singapore-based payments spinoff from Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, secured $1.2 billion in new funding. Investors included parent company Ant Group and Alibaba.
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