Tencent 'exploring' A Financial Holding Company For WeChat Pay If Chinese Regulators Require It WorldNewsEra


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rAn image of WeChat Pay in action.Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty ImagesChinese tech giant Tencent is exploring whether regulators will require it to create a financial holding company to house is fintech business, a top executive said on Wednesday.The comments come after Bloomberg reported last week that Chinese authorities are considering requiring Tencent to include WeChat Pay, its ubiquitous mobile payments service, in a new financial holding company."We have been continuously exploring the establishment of the financial holding company and looking at the regulation with respect to that and whether there is a requirement for that," Tencent President Martin...