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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".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)Singapore Straits Times Index closed at 3,810.35.

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.InBev Cloud released a number of intelligent computing products. On December 13th, InBev Mathematics Department officially released a brand-new series of intelligent computing products and services, covering the construction and operation of intelligent computing centers, GPU container services, advanced computing laboratories and industrial incubators, and put forward the innovative index of "effective computing cost per unit" for the first time in the industry, so as to promote the intelligent computing industry to a high-efficiency and diversified development paradigm.Alipay launched the commercial insurance code, and the first batch has been connected to Taikang and Zhongan medical insurance. On December 13th, Alipay launched the commercial insurance code. This means that after the patient has paid the medical insurance for hospitalization, if it needs to be supplemented, he can directly use the business insurance code to apply for prepayment of hospitalization expenses, and then initiate reimbursement claims to the insurance company. At present, users can open this service by searching for "business insurance code" on Alipay, and can apply for medical treatment quota according to the prompts. The first phase of the commercial insurance code has covered the mainstream millions of medical insurance under Taikang Online and Zhongan Online, and will cover more insurance institutions and insurance types in the future.

Shenzhen Airport cooperated with China Airlines to build the first domestic civil aviation international transit service system. According to Shenzhen Airport, the first domestic civil aviation international transit service system jointly built by Shenzhen Airport and China Airlines was officially released recently. The system is dedicated to solving the problems of data barriers and information blind spots in the supervision of international transit passengers and luggage, which will effectively improve the security efficiency of international through flights and international transit passengers and further enhance the competitiveness of Shenzhen Airport International Aviation Hub.BOC International: Reiterating that China Telecom is the first choice for the "buy" rating of Chinese telecom stocks, BOC International published a research report that the contribution of cloud services to revenue and profit continues to promote the growth of Chinese telecom operators, and cloud and artificial intelligence services are becoming the only sustainable driving force for Chinese telecom operators' revenue and EBITDA. China Telecom and China Unicom have recorded steady growth in profit margin of EBITDA in two quarters this year. With the development of state-owned enterprises and local governments, the bank expects to support the development of end-to-end proprietary cloud infrastructure services for telecom operators for a long time to improve security and regulatory requirements, and at the same time, Chinese telecom stocks can provide attractive valuation and dividend returns to support their long-term performance. Therefore, it reiterates its "buy" rating for Chinese telecom stocks, with China Telecom as the first choice, followed by China Unicom and China Mobile.Iran has agreed to the IAEA's additional supervision of the Foldo uranium enrichment plant. In a report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran has agreed to the United Nations nuclear watchdog to take additional supervision measures on its Foldo uranium enrichment plant, after Iran indicated that it plans to significantly increase the production of highly enriched uranium at the plant. The IAEA said last week that Iran has transformed its Fordo uranium enrichment plant, located south of Tehran, which will "significantly increase the production speed of uranium with an abundance of 60%", which is close to 90% needed to make nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency called on Iran to carry out inspections urgently, while European powers urged Tehran to "immediately stop its nuclear upgrade".