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.

You can listen to this podcast here or at iTunes, Google Podcasts and Himalaya.

Related podcasts and articles:

How Big Will Ant Financial / Alipay Become? (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Podcast 28)
3 Ways AI Is Transforming Fashion: My Interview with JD Vice President of Cloud & AI (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Podcast 33)
Huawei, Luckin and the SMILE Marathon (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Podcast 34)

This is part of Learning Goals: Level 5, with a focus on:

#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

Companies for this class:

Ant Financial / Alipay / Ant Group

Graphics mentioned are located at my website.

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