BYTEDANCE SECURES $29.6B LOAN FROM MAJOR BANKS
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ByteDance, parent company of TikTok, has closed a $29.6 billion loan backed by more than two dozen lenders including ICBC and HSBC. The deal ranks among Asia's largest dollar-denominated financings this year.
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