The predecessor of Ant Financial Services is Alipay, which belongs to Zhejiang Alibaba E-Commerce Co., Ltd. In 20 14, Ant Financial Services was established based on Alipay. The full name of Ant Financial Service is Zhejiang Ant Microfinance Service Group Co., Ltd. 。
Zhejiang Alibaba E-Commerce Co., Ltd., Ma Yun holds 80% of the shares, and Xie Shihuang, another founder of Alibaba, holds 20%. After the establishment of Ant Financial Service, it was financed twice. On July 3rd, 20 15, Series A was announced with a valuation of USD 45 billion, and eight strategic investors including National Social Insurance Fund, CDB Finance and large domestic insurance companies were introduced.
2065438+The second round of financing was announced on April 26th, 2006, with a valuation of $60 billion. The new strategic investors in this round of financing include investment groups led by CIC Overseas and CCB Trust respectively, and many insurance companies including China Life Insurance, China Post Group, CDB Finance and Chunhua Capital also continue to invest.
It can be seen that the current shareholders of Ant Financial are also very complicated and have backgrounds. However, from the beginning, there was no Alibaba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba Baba.
On June 1 day, 2009, Alipay transferred 70% of its shares to Zhejiang Alibaba E-Commerce Co., Ltd. for US$ 22.4 million. Alipay has been transformed from a wholly foreign-owned enterprise into a Sino-foreign joint venture.
Ma Yun was able to recover Alipay from Alibaba Group at that time, and he had a chance. At that time, Alipay applied to the central bank for a payment license, but the central bank stipulated that only domestic enterprises had the right to apply for a payment license and whether vie architecture could be used. At that time, the attitude of the central bank was not clear, and Alipay did not dare to use vie structure.