Ant International is trying to raise $1 billion at a value of $10 billion, according to Dealroom and Business Times reporting from June 2026.

Ant International is the global payments business that was split off from Ant Group in 2024. It now operates in 220 countries and has over 300 million users, according to Dealroom. Think of it as a global system for moving money between countries — like how you might send cash to a friend abroad, but at much larger scale.

When you raise $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation, you end up with a company worth roughly $11 billion after the money comes in. New investors own about 9% of the company in exchange for their cash. Reaching that $10 billion figure is significant because it is large enough that big institutional investors can trust it, and banks preparing to sell shares to the public can build realistic price targets around it.

Why does this separation matter? When Ant Group's parent company tried to go public in 2020, Chinese regulators stopped it days before launch. The international business was trapped by problems in China. Now that Ant International is separate, it can sell shares to the public on its own, without waiting for its parent company's China troubles to be resolved.

This funding round is the standard first step. Getting $1 billion from major investors now establishes a baseline price and brings in a broad group of shareholders. After that, the company would file to go public. That sequencing — one big private funding round, then a public listing — is how large international fintech companies typically move forward, especially those based in Asia.

Ant International lets people make payments across borders, use digital wallets, and access financial services across Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Operating in so many countries means dealing with 220 different sets of regulations and licensing requirements. The company is betting that it has already figured out how to handle all that bureaucracy efficiently, so it can make more money by handling more transactions rather than by cutting costs.

Some important details are still missing. We do not yet know which big investors are backing this round, when the money will actually close, or which stock exchange will list the company — Hong Kong, Singapore, or somewhere else. Those choices matter because they determine who can buy the stock and how easily it can be bought and sold. Until those facts come out, the $10 billion figure is a starting point in negotiations, not a done deal.

Ant International is positioned to become a significant player if it can pull this off. For large investors looking for a major fintech company outside China with real operations across emerging markets, this fills a need. But the company faces real competition from Visa and Mastercard, as well as regional payment companies. Whether it can succeed in that crowded market remains an open question.