Chinese Fintech Company Ant Financial Quietly Takes Stake in Vietnam’s eMonkey Amid Anti-China Sentiment

Monday, December 23, 2019

China’s Ant Financial, a fintech affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba, has quietly acquired a sizeable stake in a Vietnamese e-wallet eMonkey, people familiar with the matter said.

The move, negotiated over the summer, is not being announced due to concerns that anti-China sentiment in Vietnam could result in possible pushback, three people with knowledge of the situation said.

The strategic investment, Ant’s eighth international payments deal, will allow the firm to gain entry to Vietnam’s booming market of nearly 100 million people, a quarter of whom are under 25, and where e-commerce growth is among the highest in the region.

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Source: South China Morning Post (link opens in a new window)

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