China's Ant cuts down on smartphone loans amid regulatory crackdown

China's Ant cuts down on smartphone loans amid regulatory crackdown

Photographer: Shiho Fukada/Bloomberg

Ant Group has begun to downsize its once-thriving consumer loan business in a sharp turnaround for a company that was just a year ago was being lauded for revolutionizing finance.

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