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China to target biggest payment app Alipay in tech crackdown, says FT

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BEIJING: Chinese regulators have ordered sweeping changes to the country’s biggest payment app Alipay, as the ruling Communist Party attempts to rein in “the unruly growth” of the tech giants. Alipay – with more than one billion users in China and other Asian nations including India – was told to spinoff its profitable micro loan business, the Financial Times reported on Sept 13, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. Currently the app allows users to pay with a traditional credit card linked to their bank or offers small unsecured loans to buy anything from toilet paper to laptops….

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