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".Shen Zhiqun, China Investment Association: Accelerate the formation of technology and finance service support system with equity investment as the mainstay. On December 13th, the 2024 Yangtze River Economic Belt (Gongqingcheng) Fund Innovation and Development Conference with the theme of "Science and Technology Innovation Empowers High-quality Development and Venture Capital Helps' 1269' Action Plan" was held in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi Province. Shen Zhiqun, Chairman of the Venture Capital Committee of China Investment Association and Assistant to the former President of the Macro Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, delivered a speech at the conference. Venture capital is an important capital force to promote scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. Especially under the impetus of policies, an ecological environment that fully supports and promotes the high-quality development of venture capital is gradually taking shape and constantly improving and optimizing. (SSE)Galaxy Entertainment: Lv Yaodong was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors. On December 13, Galaxy Entertainment announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that Lv Yaodong, the executive director of Yinhe Entertainment, was appointed as the vice chairman of the board of directors since February 1997 and is now appointed as the chairman of the board of directors, which will take effect on December 13, 2024.
The qualification of general manager of Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance Co., Ltd. was approved. On December 13th, the website of Beijing Financial Supervision Bureau issued an official reply, approving the qualifications of directors and general managers of Gert Christian Middelhauve Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance Co., Ltd.. The company shall require the above-mentioned personnel with approved post qualifications to strictly abide by the relevant regulatory provisions of the General Administration of Financial Supervision, take up their posts within 3 months from the date of making this administrative licensing decision, and report their posts in a timely manner as required. If he fails to arrive within the above-mentioned prescribed time limit, this approval document will become invalid, and the decision-making organ shall go through the formalities for cancellation of administrative license.Twenty-five pilot banks in Shenzhen have opened a total of 64,000 cross-border wealth management accounts. The reporter was informed that by the end of November 2024, 25 pilot banks in Shenzhen had opened a total of 64,000 cross-border wealth management accounts, with a total amount of cross-border receipts and payments of 42.74 billion yuan, accounting for 48.1% and 44.2% of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area respectively.A large quantity is enough, exceeding 10,000 tons! Chilean cherries arrived in Nansha Port of Guangzhou at a fresh rate. At 3: 00 am on December 13th, after a 22-day voyage of 20,000 kilometers, the first express line of cherries in Nansha Port of Guangzhou Port this year, "Crever Demaji", docked at Nansha Phase II Terminal of Guangzhou Port. This ship is the first ship imported in large quantities in China this year, carrying 538 cabinets of Chilean cherries and weighing more than 11,000 tons. This batch of "star fruits" takes only 2 hours at the earliest from unloading to reaching the market. It is reported that the first batch of cherries directly picked up by the boat arrived at Jiangnan Fruit Wholesale Market before 7: 00 this morning, officially announcing the opening of the cherry season in 2024-2025. (CCTV News)
Four departments: Strengthen the application and promotion of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises and build a number of vertical industry models suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Bank of China and the General Administration of Financial Supervision issued the Special Action Plan for Digital Empowerment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (2025-2027) to strengthen the application and promotion of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises. Give play to the platform role of on-site exchange activities in pilot cities of digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, publicize and promote typical application scenarios and solutions of artificial intelligence to empower small and medium-sized enterprises, and accelerate the replication and promotion of artificial intelligence applications in small and medium-sized enterprises. Encourage all localities to refer to the typical application cases and application maps of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the popularization of artificial intelligence technology in key business scenarios of small and medium-sized enterprises such as R&D design, manufacturing, quality inspection, operation and maintenance, and management. Strengthen the application foundation of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises. Support open source communities such as the Open Atomic Open Source Foundation to take the lead in establishing an artificial intelligence open source community, set up special artificial intelligence open source projects focusing on the characteristic needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, and provide training frameworks, development examples, testing tools and open source codes that can be replicated and easily promoted. Guide small and medium-sized enterprises to actively participate in open source projects and lower the threshold for the deployment and development of artificial intelligence. Encourage leading enterprises, trading institutions, platform enterprises, data service enterprises and other business entities to build public data sets and industry data sets, and provide high-quality data for small and medium-sized enterprises for artificial intelligence model training. Build a number of vertical industry models suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, and strengthen the supply of large model technology products for small and medium-sized enterprises.The Bank of France expects France's economy to grow at zero month-on-month in the fourth quarter. The Bank of France, BNP Paribas, recently released the results of its monthly economic survey, and it is expected that France's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow at zero month-on-month in the fourth quarter of this year. (Xinhua News Agency)Exclusive Baidu Geely Joint Voice: The transfer process has been completed, and the social security for employees of Jiyue was paid in November. On the afternoon of December 13th, Sina Technology learned exclusively that Baidu and Geely Automobile, the two major shareholders of Jiyue Automobile, have reached a consensus today and jointly stated that as shareholders, they will actively assist the management of Jiyue to properly handle related matters: the social security payment for employees and the compensation for employees who leave their posts will be solved as soon as possible; Maintain the normal use, after-sales and maintenance of users' vehicles; Promote the reasonable and legal settlement of other matters. According to reports, Geely and Baidu have completed the transfer process on the evening of the 12th, and paid social security for the employees in November. It is reported that Jidu Automobile Co., Ltd. is a new start-up company established by Geely Holding and Baidu Holding, and it is an innovative product to explore the intelligent transformation of automobiles. Jiyue automobile products are manufactured by Geely factory and authorized to operate exclusively by Jidu. Due to the great changes in the industry competition pattern, the established business plan cannot be implemented and the operation has encountered challenges. (Sina Technology)
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Strategy guide
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Strategy guide
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Strategy guide 12-14