China's Ant said to be renewing US review of MoneyGram sale

China's Ant said to be renewing US review of MoneyGram sale

A Moneygram logo is seen outside a bank in Vienna, Austria, June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

Ant Financial is expected to make a third try for U.S. approval of its takeover of  MoneyGram International Inc. as a secretive national security panel throws up hurdles for Chinese investors seeking to buy American companies.

The former affiliate of  Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is preparing to resubmit the $1.2 billion deal for review before the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment, or CFIUS, said people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the process isn’t public.

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