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Stewart: Alipay amassed $42 billion in wallet assets in six months

Jeff Stewart · Panel Discussion // Data Driven #27 // May 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital) · May 29, 2014 · at 12:09

Jeff Stewart, co-founder of Lenddo, highlights Alipay's asset growth during a panel on fintech disruption at Data Driven NYC.

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“They amassed forty two billion dollars in assets through essentially a wallet in six months.”

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Alipay amassed $42 billion in assets through a mobile wallet in six months.

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Assessment

Alipay launched Yu'e Bao in mid-June 2013. By mid-to-late January 2014 (approx. 7 months after launch), fund manager Tianhong Asset Management and major news outlets (including South China Morning Post and Tech in Asia) reported that Yu'e Bao's assets under management had reached 250 billion RMB (~$41.3 billion to $42 billion USD). Multiple reputable news reports specifically characterized this $42 billion milestone as being reached 'within six months' of operation. Strictly by calendar filings at December 31, 2013 (6.5 months), AUM stood at $30.4 billion, but reached $42 billion just weeks later in January 2014, fulfilling the criteria of reputable news reporting verifying the figure within that timeframe.

Yu'e Bao launched in mid-June 2013.
Financial reporting from January 2014 showed Yu'e Bao's assets under management reached 250 billion RMB (~$41.3B–$42B USD).
Reputable news sources in early 2014 reported the $42 billion (250B yuan) milestone as having been reached within six months of operation.

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"250 billion yuan" "Yu'e Bao" "six months" OR "Jan 2014" OR "January 2014" Alipay Yu e Bao 42 billion assets under management 2014 Yue Bao Alipay assets six months 42 billion "185.3 billion" "Yu'e Bao" OR "Yuebao" 2013 "41.3 billion" OR "42 billion" Yuebao OR Yu'e Bao 2014 Yuebao launch June 2013 assets December 2013 March 2014

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