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The financial technology companies supported by Wal-Mart are valued at $2.5 billion. The traditional banking industry is under threat. Wal-Mart is injecting more funds into its newly-started financial start-ups, obtaining a valuation of $2.5 billion for this company, and indicating its ambition to further set foot in the financial services industry. According to informed sources, the world's largest retailer is jointly leading the financing of more than 300 million US dollars with investment company Ribbit Capital. This marks a new valuation for the company named One, in which Wal-Mart holds a majority stake. Wal-Mart has been providing products to many customers and employees in order to gain a greater foothold in the field of financial services. For the financial industry, the threat of Wal-Mart and other companies encroaching on its territory is getting closer and closer. Just last year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned the competitive threat of Wal-Mart and other enterprises, pointing out that its hundreds of millions of customers and huge resources at its disposal were "extraordinary competitive advantages".Singapore Straits Times Index closed at 3,810.35.Singapore Straits Times Index closed at 3,810.35.

Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, will leave in May next year. On December 13th, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that Ms. Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research), has resigned for personal reasons and will leave in May 2025. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will arrange an open recruitment for the post of Assistant President (Economic Research), and will make a separate announcement after the recruitment process is completed.Bank of Communications: Wang Wenjin resigned as business director. Due to job transfer, Wang Wenjin has submitted a written report to the board of directors of the company and resigned as business director (corporate and institutional business). His resignation will take effect on December 13, 2024.Before the US stock market: China ETF-Direxion fell by nearly 4% and Broadcom rose by about 14% when it was three times richer. Before the US stock market, China Stock Exchange fell by about 3% and Pinduoduo fell by about 1%. Broadcom rose by about 14%, the company's Q4 profit exceeded expectations, and AI revenue in the whole fiscal year doubled by 220%.

Alipay sells cryptocurrency funds? Originally an indirect investment in a product of Huabao Fund, the subscription has been suspended. Recently, some netizens found that Huabao Fund promoted a fund product issued by Huabao Fund in Alipay-QDII-FOF-LOF C (hereinafter referred to as "Huabao Overseas Technology C"), promoting "riding the wind to encrypt the rising market of currency" and "the representative of subversive innovation technology: cryptocurrency". According to the report of Warburg Overseas Technology C in the third quarter of this year, among the top ten funds with the highest fair value at the end of the reporting period, five were only index funds managed by Ark Investment Management under Cathy Wood, the "Mujie", accounting for 73.12% of the total. Looking through the archives of ARK Management Fund, the reporter found that ARK Innvonation ETF (hereinafter referred to as "ARKK"), the largest heavyweight of Huabao Overseas Technology C, was invested in Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange. ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (hereinafter referred to as "ARKW"), the second largest warehouse, invests in GBTC(Grayscale Bitcoin Trust) or investment tools such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency ETFs. ARKW also suggests the risks related to the indirect investment of funds in cryptocurrencies. In addition, Coinbase ranks third among ARKW's heavy stocks. The reporter logged on to several consignment platforms such as Ant Fortune, Licaitong, Tiantian Fund, China Merchants Bank, Snowball Fund and found that the product was sold on the above platforms, but from December 11th, the large subscription of Class A shares and Class C shares was suspended, and the daily limit for each person was 1000 yuan RMB. However, on December 13th, Huabao Overseas Science and Technology Stock Securities Investment Fund announced that it would suspend subscription and regular fixed investment business. (21 Finance)Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, will leave in May next year. On December 13th, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that Ms. Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research), has resigned for personal reasons and will leave in May 2025. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will arrange an open recruitment for the post of Assistant President (Economic Research), and will make a separate announcement after the recruitment process is completed.Zhejiang Securities Regulatory Bureau: issued a warning letter to Hangzhou Huayu Frequent Private Equity Fund Co., Ltd. On December 13, the website of Zhejiang Securities Regulatory Bureau issued a decision on taking measures to issue a warning letter to Hangzhou Huayu Frequent Private Equity Fund Co., Ltd. After investigation, the company has the following behaviors in carrying out private equity fund business: 1. There are irregularities in the appropriate materials of fund products managed by investors, and the company has not made further audit; Second, the risk control review process of related party transactions is not perfect. The above behavior violates the first paragraph of Article 4 of the Interim Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Private Investment Funds (Order No.105 of the CSRC). According to the provisions of Article 33 of the Interim Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Private Investment Funds, Zhejiang Securities Regulatory Bureau decided to issue a warning letter to the company and record it in the integrity file of the securities and futures market.