Alibaba subsequently traded those rights for a formal 33% stake in Ant Financial last year.
The company aims to build the future infrastructure of commerce. Since Ant Financial was founded in 2004, it has participated in 3 rounds of funding.
China’s import consumption market is still at an early growth stage, and the two businesses will be able to provide greater choices and better value for consumers. The increase was mainly driven by the robust revenue growth of our China commerce retail business and Alibaba Cloud.Net cash (used in) provided by financing activitiesRevenue from innovation initiatives and others in the quarter ended September 30, 2019 was RMB1,210 million (US$169 million), an increase of 14% compared to RMB1,066 million in the same quarter of 2018.
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Founded by the Alibaba group, it allows individuals and businesses to execute payments online in a secure manner. Operator of a cloud-based financial platform designed to provide cloud computing services to financial enterprises and payment/financial services to consumers. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Alibaba’s expected revenue growth; Alibaba’s goals and strategies; Alibaba’s future business development; Alibaba’s ability to maintain the trusted status of its ecosystem, reputation and brand; risks associated with increased investments in Alibaba’s business and new business initiatives; risks associated with strategic acquisitions and investments; Alibaba’s ability to retain or increase engagement of consumers, merchants and other participants in its ecosystem and enable new offerings; Alibaba’s ability to maintain or grow its revenue or business; risks associated with limitation or restriction of services provided by Alipay; changes in laws, regulations and regulatory environment that affect Alibaba’s business operations; privacy and regulatory concerns; competition; security breaches; the continued growth of the e-commerce market in China and globally; risks associated with the performance of our business partners, including but not limited to Ant Financial; and fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and globally and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing.
Alipay accounts for the majority of its revenue now, but that could change in the future. Other revenue also includes SME annual fee received from Ant Financial and its affiliates.We expect that our core commerce adjusted EBITA margin will continue to be affected by the pace of our investments in new businesses and revenue mix shift to self-operated New Retail and direct sales businesses.Marketplace-based core commerce adjusted EBITA increased 28% year-over-year to RMB45,610 million (US$6,381 million).