{"id":47073,"date":"2020-12-01T15:08:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bondora.com\/blog\/?p=47073"},"modified":"2020-12-01T15:08:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:08:56","slug":"more-coronavirus-stimulus-on-the-way-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/blog\/more-coronavirus-stimulus-on-the-way-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"More coronavirus stimulus on the way; and other news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More stimulus on the way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So far, it\u2019s taken \u20ac16.5 trillion in economic stimulus<\/a> from governments and central banks to keep the global economy going. Yet, even with promises of a coronavirus vaccine around the corner, it may take even more capital to keep the global economy from collapsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The EU is likely to create another stimulus package for its member-countries.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The European Union is awaiting approval of an \u20ac800 billion coronavirus recovery fund to take effect on January 1st, 2021. Meanwhile, United States President-elect Joe Biden is preparing to quickly push through another stimulus package in his country, which will likely inject \u20ac590 billion<\/a> into the US economy. The hope is that these measures will help the Northern Hemisphere get through the winter and into 2021, when a coronavirus vaccine will be ready to distribute to the masses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google under scrutiny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regulators in the United Kingdom are looking into Google\u2019s advertising technology<\/a> after claims that one of its new products will limit the information marketers can access. Google\u2019s new Privacy Sandbox is set to launch soon and phase out third-party tracking cookies, a tool that web marketers have used to track user activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group calling itself the Marketers for an Open Web (MOW) believes that Google is creating an unfair advantage<\/a> by \u201cthreatening the open web model that is vital to the functioning of a free and competitive media and online economy.\u201d MOW believes that this will only increase Google\u2019s dominance and create an even greater competitive advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google struck back, saying the new product will increase user privacy while simultaneously supporting web-based publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is Google trying to cut out marketers or secure user data?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ant no more?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After what was thought to be one of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in history, Ant Group had its public offering halted<\/a> by Chinese regulators only two days before it was set to be released. The \u20ac29 billion IPO was nixed after the Chinese government announced it was not comfortable with Ant\u2019s valuation and operation model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mark Mobius, founder of Mobius Capital Partners, the Chinese government was afraid of Ant becoming too big to control<\/a>. \u201cThe Chinese government is waking up to the fact that they cannot allow these companies that dominate a particular sector and particularly the financial sector…I believe the Chinese government stepped in because they realized that they had to regulate these companies, so that they don\u2019t \u2026 get too big,\u201d said Mobius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news had a ripple effect on Chinese technology giants<\/a>. Shares of Alibaba plummeted, as the Chinese technology behemoth owns one-third of the shares in Ant. But other Chinese-based companies like Tencent, Xiaomi, and JD.com all saw their stocks fall as much as 9% on the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alibaba feels the pain as a result of the failed Ant IPO.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeff Bezos invests in African fintech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With \u20ac25 million in fund<\/a>ing<\/a> secured from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other investors, Chipper Cash is preparing itself to change the African payments landscape. The mobile-based, zero-fee payments company already services seven countries in Africa and is likely to expand following this investment round. The company already has over 3 million users processing 80,000 transactions per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides its payment app, the company has a merchant-based product called Chipper Checkout<\/a>, which helps businesses process transactions from social media, messaging, apps, and websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Africa is the next frontier for fintech.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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And that\u2019s it for this month! Follow this space to stay on top of the must-know fintech news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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