The largest Chinese IT companies - Tencent and Alibaba - dominate in such sectors of the Chinese economy as online retail, electronic payments, social networks, taxi services and entertainment market. They divide the sphere of influence into halves, and now their rivalry will affect the banks of China, the finversia.ru project wrote. Tencent and Alibaba ask investors, who work with them, not to invest in competitor's projects. The Financial Times, referring to sources, cites the example of the agreement “on non-admission of competitive actions”, which the financial unit of Alibaba Ant Financial forced the banks to sign. Sources noted that technology companies do not want to hire bankers who work for a competitor.
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