Ant Financial Is Named to MIT Technology Review's Annual 50 Smartest Companies List
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
HANGZHOU, China, June 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ant Financial Services Group
(Ant Financial) has been named to MIT Technology Review's 2017 list of 50
Smartest Companies. To make the list, a company must exhibit technological
leadership and business acumen which set them apart from competitors. Ant
Financial was listed for applying AI technologies to digital financial services
and exploring blockchain technologies to build a more transparent charity
platform.
Nanette Byrnes, senior editor for business, states, "The companies on the list
combine a high level of technology innovation with a business model that will
help them make the most of it. Public and private, large and small, based in
countries around the globe, this group of companies is creating new
opportunities and pouncing on them. These are the ones that competitors must
follow."
"As technologies including AI, security, computing infrastructure, blockchain
and biometrics continue to evolve, we have the opportunity to work with our
partners and collaboratively redefine a new technology infrastructure for
financial services. This will make global financial inclusion possible," said
Cheng Li, CTO of Ant Financial.
The list is included in MIT Technology Review's annual business issue, which is
available online now and on newsstands worldwide on July 4, 2017.
About Ant Financial
Ant Financial Services Group is focused on serving small and micro enterprises,
as well as consumers. Ant Financial is building an open ecosystem of Internet
thinking and technologies while working with other financial institutions to
support the future financial needs of society. Businesses operated by Ant
Financial Services Group include Alipay, Ant Fortune, Zhima Credit and MYbank.
For more information on Ant Financial, please visit our website at
www.antgroup.com or follow us on Twitter (at)AntFinancial.
About MIT Technology Review
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Review is a digitally oriented independent media company whose analysis,
features, reviews, interviews, and live events explain the commercial, social,
and political impact of new technologies. MIT Technology Review readers are
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leaders, innovators and early adopters, entrepreneurs and investors. Every
day, we provide an authoritative filter for the flood of information about
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Media Contacts:
Anna Wang
Ant Financial Services Group
0086-186 5017 5983
David W.M. Sweeney
MIT Technology Review
617-475-8018
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Source: Ant Financial Services Group via GlobeNewswire
Datum: 27.06.2017 - 16:00 Uhr
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