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by powerapple 2053 days ago
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-p2p-financial-refugees-face-...

the 2% is not what they have on their balance. 2% of the total loan was from Ant group money, the rest 98% money are from banks and ABS.

Government has been restricting consumer borrowing for a few years now. Consumer borrowing is discouraged. It was easy money for tech companies, almost all tech companies are in this business including Tencent, Baidu, JD, 360 and so on.