This is Part 1 in a three part series about Ant Group. And my basic argument is Ant is well positioned to disrupt and potentially revolutionize financial services. Part 2 is located here.
You can listen to this podcast here or at iTunes, Google Podcasts and Himalaya.
Related podcasts and articles:
- #19: Ant Financial and Intro to Payment Platforms (podcast located here)
- #23: SMILE Marathon
Concepts for this class. The slides discussed in the podcast are located below and correspond to the 4 ideas below.
- Payment Platforms
- SMILE Marathon: Ml / AI factories & Human-Free Operations
- Scale Advantages
- Scale Disadvantages
Companies for this class:
- Ant Financial / Alipay / Ant Group
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