Alipay

Didi Riders Can Now Use Apple Pay for Ride Sharing

Didi, the Uber of China (and, in fact, the local service that gobbled up Uber China last August), has added Apple Pay...

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Platform Payments

Expedia Travels The Wide World Of Payments

Travel now, pay later? In this month’s PYMNTS Payments Powering Platforms Tracker, powered by WePay, Wilson Wang, director of checkout and payment...

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Retail

Rebecca Minkoff Pairs With Alipay

Lifestyle brand Rebecca Minkoff has announced an expanded partnership with Alipay which will allow customers in the U.S. to pay with the payment...

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International

China FinTechs Turn To Overseas IPOs To Raise Capital

With China tightening its regulations, some of the country’s largest FinTech startups are eyeing initial public offerings (IPOS) overseas. According to a...

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International

Where In The World Is Alipay?

Where in the world is Alipay? At this point, pretty much everywhere Chinese tourists might want to go, with most of Europe...

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Mobile Payments

Alipay App To Be Accepted In South Africa

Alipay has partnered with Zapper, the fast-growing mobile payment, customer insights and digital marketing platform developed in South Africa, so Chinese tourists...

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Payment Methods

Apple To Let Chinese Consumers Pay For App Purchases Via WeChat Pay

Tech giant Apple is embracing WeChat Pay, giving consumers in China more ways to pay for purchases. The WeChat Pay digital payment service is...

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ResTech

Bezos Vs. Ma: Who’s Ahead In Grocery?

Those who prophesied the death of brick-and-mortar retail in favor of online alternatives may have been premature. Sure, merchants without an online...

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Mobile Payments

Alipay Is Now Available For Chinese Tourists At All Starbucks Locations In Malaysia

Alipay, the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, is now available for Chinese tourists at...

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International

The Chinese Consumer On The International Commerce Stage

In late July, PayPal and Baidu captured the world’s attention when they inked a strategic partnership that gives Baidu’s 100 million or...

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Startup Check-In

Jewel Paymentech: Tech’s Role In Upending The Banking System

Payments are the connective tissue between businesses today. And, as digital avenues find their way into every nook and cranny of a...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Alipay And Yelp Partner To Give Chinese Travelers Access To Reviews

Alipay, the Chinese digital payment arm of Alibaba, announced news that it has teamed up with online review website Yelp to bring...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Marriott Courts Chinese Travelers With Alibaba Deal

Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant, and Marriott International, the hotel giant, have inked a deal Monday (August 7) to enable Chinese consumers...

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Mobile Payments

Payworks Partners With Alipay In Europe

Payworks, a provider of point-of-sale (POS) payment infrastructure, announced news on Thursday (Aug. 3) that its payment gateway technology will be supporting...

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Mobile Payments

Alipay Lands In Greece Via Viva Payments

Viva Payments, a global, cloud-based mobile payments factory that provides secure online payment services to consumers, professionals and businesses of any size,...

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Today In Data

Today in Data: Cashless Week in China

Online sales have no doubt pushed today’s society into using less cash than previous generations. As we reported last week, 62 percent...

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Payment Methods

Alipay President On Cashless Cities And Crossing Borders

Alipay’s Cashless Cities Week is a week away, but this seven-day campaign only scratches the surface of the impact digital payments have...

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South East Asia

China’s Amazing Cashless Conversion

While there is still much in the way of debate in the U.S. and the rest of the developed West about the...

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Today In Data

Today in Data: Payments On The Move

Like a well-oiled machine, money flows through the world’s economy swiftly and, thanks to technology, seamlessly. Two companies making headlines in the...

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Apple Pay

Apple Pay Rolls Out Huge Promotion In China

Apple is reportedly launching an Apple Pay marketing scheme in China, which is its largest effort since launching the payment method nearly a...

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Retail

Alibaba To Launch Three Hybrid Hema Supermarket Stores

When two modes of shopping really love each other… Wait, no — scratch that. When two modes of shopping hate each other...

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Mastercard

Bicycle, Bicycle — Why People Want To Ride Mobike’s Bicycle

Bike-sharing has become big business worldwide in a relatively short span of time. Virtually unheard of even a few years ago, these...

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Data Dive

Data Dive: The Things Edition – Stripe, Starbucks And The Comptroller’s Concerns

Innovation never sleeps and, from the current shape of things, it is also safe to assume that it isn’t much for taking...

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International

Stripe Pushes Into China With Alipay And WeChat Partnerships

U.S. technology company Stripe has announced it will soon open its merchants’ websites for commerce with hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers....

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Payment Methods

Han Feng Now Accepts Alipay In U.S.

Alipay, Ant Financial Group’s payment platform, announced Wednesday it had inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Han Feng Inc., a food supplier...

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Payment Methods

In Wake of Vantiv for Worldpay, Europe Beckons?

Falling sterling and growing digital payments make not-so-strange bedfellows. News that Worldpay has agreed, in principle, to a $9.9-billion deal to merge...

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Today In Data

Today in Data: Rev The Launch Engines

In the tech world, launches are happening every day. From product releases to new companies and merger announcements, improvements are constantly being...

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Payment Methods

ACI Worldwide Launches Alipay In South Africa

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, announced the launch of Alipay in South Africa, via...

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Mobile Payments

Concardis Expands Global Reach By Launching Alipay In Austria, Switzerland

Concardis is expanding its international portfolio by bringing Chinese mobile payment solution Alipay to Austria and Switzerland. According to Finextra, CGössl is...

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Mobile Payments

Alibaba Tracker: Alibaba Vs. Tencent

In a saturated eCommerce market, Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba and its biggest competitor, Tencent Holdings Limited, have their eyes on diversification, and...

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Today In Data

Today In Data: Conquering New Territory

A global marketplace requires a global economy, and these players are scooping up territories like it’s Settlers of Catan. Online shoppers and...

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Payment Methods

Alipay Launches Mobile Payment Service In Hong Kong Dollars

Alipay, Alibaba’s mobile payment unit, is pushing into non-yuan payments, releasing a version of its mobile payment service in Hong Kong dollars....

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Financial Inclusion

MoneyGram, Ant And Making The “Unbanked’s Bank”

On Tuesday, MoneyGram’s shareholders gave an unequivocal thumbs up to the buyout by Ant Financial. With one more hurdle yet to clear, CFIUS approval, MoneyGram...

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Sizzle/Fizzle

Retail Fizzles, Alipay Sizzles — And Burger Wars Reignite On Mobile

May flowers did not appear for retail earnings, unless you consider a bouquet of stinkweed a blanket of blossoms. Simply put, the...

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Payment Methods

First Data Edges 1Q Sales Estimates, Unveils Alipay Pact

Largely meeting expectations for the first quarter, First Data’s Chief Executive Frank Bisignano said the company is working to boost its U.S....

Oberthur Partners On Mobile Payment Platform

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Payments Innovation

Ant Financial’s Great Mobile Payments Race

The most memorable thing that came out of the 1959 movie, A Hole in the Head, was its 1960 Oscar-winning song, “High...

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Retail

Alipay, WeChat Near $3 Trillion

As the world of eCommerce continues to take the economy by storm, it’s important to examine the intricacies of digital payments. As...

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International

Alibaba Tracker: Going Global

It’s been awhile since our last edition of Alibaba tracker, and a great deal has happened since then. There’s a lot to get...

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Payment Methods

Ant Financial Buys helloPay For Southeast Asia Push

Ant Financial, the payment unit of Alibaba, has inked a deal to acquire helloPay Group, the Singapore payment company. According to a...

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Mobile Payments

ACI Worldwide Boosts AliPay’s Global Reach

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, announced that it has expanded its relationship with Alipay...