alibaba

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, also known as Alibaba Group and as Alibaba.com, is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology.

Alipay Has 700M Active Users
Alipay Has 700M Active Users
September 18, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Eric Jing, Ant Financial’s executive chairman and CEO, revealed that Alipay now has over 700 million annual active users — an increase of more than...

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China’s SMB Push Continues Amid Alibaba’s Taobao Festival
China’s SMB Push Continues Amid Alibaba’s Taobao Festival
September 17, 2018  |  SMBs

Amid China’s efforts in recent months to boost small business activities – notably through initiatives that focused on small business lending in that country  –...

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Ant Financial Denies Stealing Equifax IP
Ant Financial Denies Stealing Equifax IP
September 13, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Ant Financial, the payment affiliate of Alibaba, pushed back on a Wall Street Journal report that alleged the company used Equifax intellectual property to create its...

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China Accelerates Blockchain Patent Activity
China Accelerates Blockchain Patent Activity
September 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In tech, innovation is everything. In innovation, intellectual property is, well, almost everything — it can be the hardware, the software, the processes that comes...

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China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block
China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block
September 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Patents can be the springboard to competitive advantage.  In the blockchain space, China (and Alibaba) dominate new patent filings.  Crypto crackdown aside, here's what China...

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Coffee Proving To Be Latest Battle Ground For Tencent And Alibaba
Coffee Proving To Be Latest Battle Ground For Tencent And Alibaba
September 11, 2018  |  Retail

Retailers in China are taking sides in the rivalry between Alibaba and Tencent, and the latest battle ground is coffee: Chinese upstart Luckin Coffee is teaming...

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Alibaba Expands Push Into Russia With Joint Venture
Alibaba Expands Push Into Russia With Joint Venture
September 11, 2018  |  eCommerce

Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant, inked a deal Tuesday (September 11) with the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Mail.ru Group to create AliExpress Russia. According...

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Alibaba’s Zhang To Become Executive Chairman
Alibaba’s Zhang To Become Executive Chairman
September 10, 2018  |  Personnel

Alibaba’s Jack Ma, the co-founder and executive chairman who is stepping down, plans to hand over leadership to Daniel Zhang, the company’s current chief executive....

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Alibaba’s Ma To Retire To Pursue Philanthropy In Education
Alibaba’s Ma To Retire To Pursue Philanthropy In Education
September 10, 2018  |  Personnel

Jack Ma, the co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant, will step down from the company early next week, reported The New York...

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