Internet Finance


No Cash in Hand
| Nov. 9 2022
Testing of China’s new digital RMB is well underway, but it may have difficulty beating out the competition.


A Digital World
| Nov. 15 2019
China is close to releasing a national digital currency, with the potential to upend the entire global financial structure.
Blocking Bitcoin: Why China’s Cryptocurrency Ban Could be Here to Stay
China has banned borderless cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, but it is a move the country may come to regret.


| Jun. 11 2018
The Uprising of China Fintech
A new wave of dynamic internet finance companies is taking on China’s lumbering state-run banks.


| Apr. 8 2018
Will China Be the First Country to Phase Out Cash?
Today, many young Chinese believe they could be the first to stop using cash.


| Oct. 11 2017
Will China Determine the Future of Bitcoin?
Bitcoin was not invented in China, yet China is where 80% of the virtual "coins" are minted.


| Jan. 23 2017
Online Banking in China: The People’s Banking
The upsurge in mobile transaction services used through smartphones is at the heart of a sudden expansion of the online.


| Jul. 4 2016
Will Ant Financial Become Wildly Successful Like Taobao?
Currently the most valuable fintech company in China, Alibaba’s Ant Financial owns a myriad of businesses: China’s largest.


| May. 24 2016
Banking’s Uber Moment: Enter the Blockchain Gang
Ten years from now, business historians will offer a number of reasons financial services had changed so radically since 2016.


| Mar. 1 2016
Can Alibaba’s Ant Financial Disrupt China’s Financial Industry?
In a short space of time Alibaba’s Ant Financial has created—and scaled—a diverse set of financial products.


| Aug. 5 2015
Internet Finance Regulation: Not Everything is Black and White
The government has finally issued guidelines to regulate China’s internet finance industry, but the devil may lie in the.


| Jul. 20 2015
Starting a Business in China Needs a Strong Adversity Quotient
In this series on The Chinapreneurs, we look at entrepreneurs' experiences in starting a business in China. In the first.


| Jun. 16 2015
Learning from Market Entry: Keep Your Entrants Imaginary
What industry incumbents can learn from the forces that guide market entry.


| Oct. 28 2014