How Ant Financial’s vision is taking shape

Can the rural elderly ever expect to enjoy the same quality financial services as the president of a national bank and to access them just as easily?   The answer is a resounding 'yes', according to Eric Jing, chief executive of Ant Financial, the company behind China's largest digital payment service provider Alipay.   "It is expensive to be poor," Jing said this week at the 2017 Global Netrepreneur Conference, a Alibaba-led event held at Hangzhou. "But at An…