Bloomberg India is set to use this week’s meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 nations to try to amplify its influence over developing economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America called the Global South. Without the cash to dole out billions in loans like China did under President Xi Jinping’s Belt-and-Road Initiative, India …

  Bloomberg Stride Ventures, one of India’s leading debt venture fund, sees consumer, business-to-business companies and electric vehicle sectors as the most attractive for financing this year. “Fintech has taken a slight backseat because Reserve Bank of India has recently come up with digital lending guidelines, and a lot of companies in the fintech sector are trying to understand the …

  Bloomberg China’s internet firms are revving up efforts to outdo each other since Beijing began to wind back its bruising crackdown on the tech sector, spurring an abrupt surge in competition that’s threatening margins and spooking investors. A battle is brewing as companies that laid low or sought to limit expansion during the years-long crackdown now feel the shackles …