Alipay

Alipay is a third-party mobile and online payment platform, established in Hangzhou, China in February 2004 by Alibaba Group and its founder Jack Ma. In 2015, Alipay moved its headquarters to Pudong, Shanghai, although its parent company Ant Financial remains Hangzhou-based.

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Alipay, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittance
Alipay, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittance
February 05, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Money transfer platform WorldRemit announced a new partnership with Alipay that will make it easier for users to do cross-border transfers and make payments worldwide,...

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Alipay’s Indonesia Operations Delayed By Red Tape
Alipay’s Indonesia Operations Delayed By Red Tape
January 29, 2020  |  International

Indonesia’s central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), has asked Chinese firm Alipay to review its payment services application. Officials in Indonesia’s House of Representatives confirmed the...

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Helbiz eScooter Sharing App Taps Alipay For Mobile Payments Offering
Helbiz eScooter Sharing App Taps Alipay For Mobile Payments Offering
January 23, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Micro-mobility giant Helbiz announced a partnership with mobile payments platform Alipay, which will allow customers a wider breadth of access to Helbiz’s eScooters, eBikes and...

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Vanguard, Ant Financial Team For Investment Services In China
Vanguard, Ant Financial Team For Investment Services In China
December 13, 2019  |  International

To provide retail consumers in China with a new widely available and streamlined investment advisory service, Vanguard and Ant Financial Services Group announced a partnership....

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As Mobile Wallets Players Compete, What Will It Take To Win?
As Mobile Wallets Players Compete, What Will It Take To Win?
November 26, 2019  |  Digital Payments

There are, as of last count, approximately 170 mobile wallets of various descriptions worldwide. Some are massive and deep-pocketed and have active user counts in...

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Ingenico On The Complexity And Rewards Of China’s eCommerce Market
Ingenico On The Complexity And Rewards Of China’s eCommerce Market
November 22, 2019  |  eCommerce

The headlines focus on trade wars, on tariffs, on shifting supply chains and on slowing GDP growth. And yet the Chinese consumer keeps spending —...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ant Financial Starts Pilot For SMB Blockchain Network; Wyoming Announces Regulations For Crypto Custodians
Bitcoin Daily: Ant Financial Starts Pilot For SMB Blockchain Network; Wyoming Announces Regulations For Crypto...
November 13, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Alipay’s Ant Financial announced that it is moving into the pilot stage for its blockchain network — Ant Blockchain Open Alliance, which was created to help...

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WeChat Pay Rolls Out Utility To Transfer Funds Between Smartphones
WeChat Pay Rolls Out Utility To Transfer Funds Between Smartphones
October 23, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Tencent’s WeChat Pay is launching a new payments feature that lets people transfer funds using a mobile phone number, TechNode reported on Wednesday (Oct. 23)....

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Top News In Payments: Alipay Says ‘No’ To Crypto, Shopify Rolls Out Experts Marketplace
Top News In Payments: Alipay Says ‘No’ To Crypto, Shopify Rolls Out Experts Marketplace
October 11, 2019  |  News

Today in the payments news roundup, Alipay says it will ban bitcoin and digital currency-related transactions. Also, Shopify has rolled out a gig marketplace focused...

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