#alibaba’s Ant Financial buys UK currency exchange giant WorldFirst reportedly for around $700M
February 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Ant Financial, the financial services behemoth affiliated with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has made its first big move into Europe. It’s acquired London-headquartered payments company WorldFirst in a deal that sources tell us is valued at around $700 million. (That price would also line up with multiple reports from December claiming the two were in […]