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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".Indian market regulator: issue a draft notice to solicit opinions from retail investors on algorithmic trading. Algorithm trading should be provided by securities brokers and approved by the stock exchange.Shen Zhiqun, China Investment Association: Accelerate the formation of technology and finance service support system with equity investment as the mainstay. On December 13th, the 2024 Yangtze River Economic Belt (Gongqingcheng) Fund Innovation and Development Conference with the theme of "Science and Technology Innovation Empowers High-quality Development and Venture Capital Helps' 1269' Action Plan" was held in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi Province. Shen Zhiqun, Chairman of the Venture Capital Committee of China Investment Association and Assistant to the former President of the Macro Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, delivered a speech at the conference. Venture capital is an important capital force to promote scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. Especially under the impetus of policies, an ecological environment that fully supports and promotes the high-quality development of venture capital is gradually taking shape and constantly improving and optimizing. (SSE)

Zheng Meiji: It is planned to acquire 16.61% equity of the holding subsidiary Yaxinke Nanjing at RMB 699 million. Zheng Meiji (601717) announced on the evening of December 13th that the company plans to use its own funds of RMB 699 million (including tax) to acquire 16.61% of Yaxinke Nanjing held by other shareholders of the holding subsidiary Yaxinke Industrial Technology (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yaxinke Nanjing").Alipay sells cryptocurrency funds? Originally an indirect investment in a product of Huabao Fund, the subscription has been suspended. Recently, some netizens found that Huabao Fund promoted a fund product issued by Huabao Fund in Alipay-QDII-FOF-LOF C (hereinafter referred to as "Huabao Overseas Technology C"), promoting "riding the wind to encrypt the rising market of currency" and "the representative of subversive innovation technology: cryptocurrency". According to the report of Warburg Overseas Technology C in the third quarter of this year, among the top ten funds with the highest fair value at the end of the reporting period, five were only index funds managed by Ark Investment Management under Cathy Wood, the "Mujie", accounting for 73.12% of the total. Looking through the archives of ARK Management Fund, the reporter found that ARK Innvonation ETF (hereinafter referred to as "ARKK"), the largest heavyweight of Huabao Overseas Technology C, was invested in Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange. ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (hereinafter referred to as "ARKW"), the second largest warehouse, invests in GBTC(Grayscale Bitcoin Trust) or investment tools such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency ETFs. ARKW also suggests the risks related to the indirect investment of funds in cryptocurrencies. In addition, Coinbase ranks third among ARKW's heavy stocks. The reporter logged on to several consignment platforms such as Ant Fortune, Licaitong, Tiantian Fund, China Merchants Bank, Snowball Fund and found that the product was sold on the above platforms, but from December 11th, the large subscription of Class A shares and Class C shares was suspended, and the daily limit for each person was 1000 yuan RMB. However, on December 13th, Huabao Overseas Science and Technology Stock Securities Investment Fund announced that it would suspend subscription and regular fixed investment business. (21 Finance)The compound annual growth rate of average daily turnover is 30%. The ETF market in Hong Kong is growing rapidly. The compound annual growth rate of average daily turnover in the past five years is as high as 30%, and the average daily turnover in the first 11 months of this year reached HK$ 18.7 billion. According to HKEx, Hong Kong ETF market will continue to innovate and expand with diversified product selection, market structure optimization and international cooperation.

The green channel for emergency treatment of workers injured in coal mine safety accidents was opened. On December 13th, China Energy Chemical Geology Union and Emergency General Hospital (formerly Coal General Hospital) signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Green Channel for Emergency Treatment of Workers Injured in Coal Mine Safety Accidents in Beijing. According to the agreement, employees of 38 committee units in the coal industry who need to go to Beijing for treatment if they are injured in coal mine safety accidents can apply to the Emergency General Hospital for emergency treatment through the China Energy Chemical Geology Union. Relying on the high-quality medical resources of the National Emergency Medical Research Center and the National Pneumoconiosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, the Emergency General Hospital will provide safe, convenient, efficient and high-quality emergency medical services for injured workers in burns, bruises, wounds, skin, beauty and pneumoconiosis. In the next step, the two sides will communicate with each other on a regular basis about the construction of green channels, and jointly carry out related work such as pneumoconiosis screening and online free clinic for front-line workers in mining, so as to effectively protect the safety and health rights and interests of coal mine workers. (CCTV News)Helen Piano's profit distribution plan for the first three quarters: it is planned to distribute 0.32 yuan for 10 shares, and Helen Piano (300329) released the profit distribution plan for the first three quarters of 2024 on the evening of December 13, and it is planned to distribute a cash dividend of 0.32 yuan (including tax) to all shareholders for every 10 shares, with an estimated cash dividend of 8,092,400 yuan.Gao Ruidong, chief economist of Everbright Securities: The capital market is working harder to serve the new quality productivity. The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. Gao Ruidong, chief economist and director of the research institute of Everbright Securities, said in an interview that the Central Economic Work Conference set the general tone of macro-control in 2025 and in the future, emphasizing that fiscal and monetary policies are more powerful, real estate policies are further strengthened, and capital markets are more energetic in serving new quality productivity. "The capital market will be more powerful in serving new quality productivity." Gao Ruidong said that on the one hand, improve the multi-level financial service system, expand patient capital, attract social capital to participate in venture capital, and cultivate innovative enterprises in a gradient; On the other hand, deepen the comprehensive reform of investment and financing in the capital market, explore and expand the macro-prudential and financial stability functions of the central bank, innovate financial instruments, stabilize the financial market, and better serve the development of new quality productive forces. (SSE)