# Daily Fintech News — September 27, 2026

> Daily brief on markets, macro, banking, chips and AI infrastructure. Published September 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET by Daily Fintech News.

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**Entities covered:** China, Nvidia

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## 1. China Weighs Allowing Purchases of New Nvidia Chips by ByteDance, Alibaba
*Section: AI · Source: The Information · Tickers: $BABA, $NVDA*

China's government has signaled it could let domestic companies including Alibaba and ByteDance buy Nvidia's RTX Pro 5500 chips as the country's AI firms strain for enough computing power to run their chatbots and agents; the industry ministry asked companies to report their purchase plans.

- $NVDA close: $225.07 (+0.22%)

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**What did Nvidia announce on September 27, 2026?**

China's government has signaled it could let domestic companies including Alibaba and ByteDance buy Nvidia's RTX Pro 5500 chips as the country's AI firms strain for enough computing power to run their chatbots and agents; the industry ministry asked companies to report their purchase plans.

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