【Economist】China’s fintech champion: On the march

中文导读近期，蚂蚁集团正在稳步推进上市计划，中国或在金融科技领域掀起一场金融革命。随着新冠疫情的蔓延，不仅在中国，包括美国、拉美的电子商务交易也处于猛增状态。此外金融科技使得各类交易迅速快捷，也有望扩大金融的传播范围。然而金融科技或使金融系统稳定性下降，抑或将从个人用户手中夺得更大的权力，因此应以更全面统筹的视角对待它。The blockbuster listing of Ant Group shows how fintech is revolutionising financIN 1300 or so Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant, introduced Europeans to a monetary marvel witnessed in China. The emperor, he wrote, “causes the bark of trees, made into something like paper, to pass for money all over his country”. Eventually the West also adopted paper money, some six centuries after China invented it. Mor ………………………………