ByteDance to exit securities business as China tightens rules

TikTok owner's subsidiary agrees to sell entire stake for $3.16m

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Beyond selling its Wenxing stake, ByteDance is shutting down or planning to sell all its other securities businesses. © Reuters

WANG JUANJUAN, LIU RAN and TANG ZIYI, Caixin

TikTok owner ByteDance is set to sell or shut down all of its securities businesses amid the tightening regulatory environment for Chinese internet giants' financial operations, Caixin has learned.

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