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Plus, LexinFintech, the owner of Chinese online lending platform Fenqile, was reportedly planning to meet advisers last weekend to discuss its proposed U.S. IPO. SGX-listed CapitaLand and China UnionP

Hit news and features from the week as well as something cool for the weekend.

Younger managers take office in higher positions as Xiaomi president and senior VP shift to strategic planning.

Plus, Ant Financial has asked its partners in consumer finance to adjust the annual rate below the cap of 24 percent. Tesla has completed the construction of the world’s biggest battery in South Austr

Cash loan “supermarkets”, a byproduct of the cash loan business, are generating equally huge profits for their operators.

The Chinese government has stepped up its control over the cash loan industry, causing the stock prices of US-listed Chinese internet finance companies to plunge.

Plus, Uber lost records on 57 million customers and drivers. License for online microloan is expected to become extremely expensive in China.

Plus, Singapore’s InCorp Group has acquired three subsidiaries of CA Trust. California-based cloud-service provider Scalyr has raised $20 million.