China e-commerce firm JD.com to launch credit-scoring rival to Alibaba's
June 26, 2015 at 04:03 AM EDT
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's No. 2 e-commerce firm JD.com Inc is launching a Chinese consumer credit data system as a joint venture with U.S. credit-scoring technology company ZestFinance, taking on a rival service linked to the larger Alibaba Group Holding Ltd .