BEIJING: Ant Financial, the Alibaba affiliate controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, is close to sealing a deal to buy US money-transfer service MoneyGram International Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.
The newspaper didn’t disclose a price for the deal. Shares of Dallas-based MoneyGram closed yesterday at US$11.88, giving the company a market value of US$630mil.
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