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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".Twenty-five pilot banks in Shenzhen have opened a total of 64,000 cross-border wealth management accounts. The reporter was informed that by the end of November 2024, 25 pilot banks in Shenzhen had opened a total of 64,000 cross-border wealth management accounts, with a total amount of cross-border receipts and payments of 42.74 billion yuan, accounting for 48.1% and 44.2% of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area respectively.China Seismological Network officially measured that a magnitude 3.1 earthquake occurred at 17: 09 on December 13th in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang (41.23 degrees north latitude and 83.31 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 21 kilometers.

Barclays: Raise the target price of Standard Chartered from 940p to 970p.The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index of Malaysia closed up 0.4% at 1,608.75.Syrian Human Rights Watch: Israel attacked military facilities in central Syria. On December 13, local time, Syrian Human Rights Watch said that the Israeli army launched an attack on military targets in the Mesyaf area of Hama province in central Syria and the rural area of Homs city in Homs province. (CCTV News)

Pimco and Fidelity believe that the economic outlook in the euro zone is weak, and the European Central Bank has cut interest rates by more than market expectations. Investors such as Pimco and Fidelity International believe that the economic outlook in Europe is bleak, which may force policymakers to cut interest rates by more than market expectations. The latest market pricing shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rate to 1.75% next year. The bank cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Thursday, to 3%. However, Fidelity said that the borrowing cost may be further reduced to 1.5%, and Pimco also believed that there was a risk of a larger interest rate cut. Further repricing may aggravate the rise of European bonds, which have outperformed the US and UK bond markets in 2024. A Bloomberg index, which tracks the return of euro bonds, has risen by more than 3% this year, while the corresponding indexes of US bonds and British bonds have risen by 2% and fallen by 2% respectively. "Market expectations are still more hawkish than we expected," said Salman Ahmed, global head of macro and strategic asset allocation at Fidelity. "If downside risks become a reality, then the European Central Bank may cut interest rates further.""High-end liquor" was actually produced in a small workshop in a ravine. The police cracked a case of manufacturing and selling fake liquor across three provinces. The so-called high-end liquor was actually produced in a small workshop where garbage was everywhere in a remote ravine, and the price from production to sale was dozens of times. The police in Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province cracked a case of manufacturing and selling counterfeit liquor across Hubei, Henan and Jiangxi, arrested five suspects at the scene and seized more than 30 boxes of high-grade liquor such as counterfeit Maotai, Wuliangye and Jiannanchun. (CCTV News)Spot gold fell below $2,680 per ounce, down 1.38% in the day. COMEX gold futures fell 2.00% in the day and are now reported at $2701.50 per ounce.