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 Bans Crypto Transactions
Alipay Bans Crypto Transactions
October 11, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Alipay revealed that it will be banning any transactions related to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Its announcement came the day after crypto exchange Binance tweeted that...

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Ingenico Partners With Alipay, WeChat Pay To Enable Mobile Payments In China
Ingenico Partners With Alipay, WeChat Pay To Enable Mobile Payments In China
October 10, 2019  |  eCommerce

Global payments firm Ingenico Group is launching a suite of payment methods to help eCommerce firms operating in China, the company announced in a press...

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Alipay Launches eComm JV With Russian Internet Company Mail.Ru
Alipay Launches eComm JV With Russian Internet Company Mail.Ru
October 09, 2019  |  International

Russian Mail.Ru is forming a joint venture with Alibaba’s mobile payments division Alipay, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Oct. 9). The partnership also includes the Russian...

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Retail Poised To Embrace New Biometrics As Innovation Heats Up
Retail Poised To Embrace New Biometrics As Innovation Heats Up
September 25, 2019  |  Retail

Can a person’s ear serve as one of the next frontiers of retail innovation? It might not be as far-fetched as it seems. News has...

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Eyeing IPO, Alibaba Gets Go-Ahead To Restructure Ant Financial
Eyeing IPO, Alibaba Gets Go-Ahead To Restructure Ant Financial
September 24, 2019  |  International

Chinese regulators have given the green light to Alibaba to restructure Ant Financial, which will open a path for an initial public offering (IPO) for...

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WeChat, Alipay Partner QFPay Notches $20M For Payment Innovation
WeChat, Alipay Partner QFPay Notches $20M For Payment Innovation
August 13, 2019  |  Investments

Digital payments startup QFPay, the largest global partner of WeChat Pay and Alipay, raised $20 million in new funding led by returning investors Sequoia Capital...

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Flutterwave Teams With Alipay To Enable China-Africa Transactions
Flutterwave Teams With Alipay To Enable China-Africa Transactions
July 30, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

FinTech startup Flutterwave is teaming up with Alipay to offer digital payments between Alipay and African merchants. Founded in Nigeria, Flutterwave is a a payments...

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RiverPay Facilitates Payments Via Alipay, WeChat At Harrods
RiverPay Facilitates Payments Via Alipay, WeChat At Harrods
July 11, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay has announced that it is facilitating payments through Alipay and WeChat Pay at Harrods’ Knightsbridge store in London, according...

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Alipay To Add Beauty Filters To Facial Recognition Kiosks In China
Alipay To Add Beauty Filters To Facial Recognition Kiosks In China
July 03, 2019  |  Biometrics

Alipay will soon add beauty filters to its facial-recognition payment systems all across China, according to reports.  Chinese consumers are among the most avid users...

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