Ant Group gradually rebuilds for regulators, but at what cost?

Following more than a year of restructuring, Ant Group Co. Ltd. is gradually picking up the pieces and making its way back into Chinese regulators’ good graces. But the fintech company is a stripped-down version of the titan it once was, with its highly lucrative consumer lending business decoupled from ubiquitous payments service Alipay and moved into a consumer finance subsidiary, sending the group’s valuation tumbling from its 2020 peak.