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673CryptocurrencyAnt Financial CEO Is Not A Fan Of ICOs
The chief executive of Ant Financial Services Group, the payment affiliate of Alipay, is no fan of initial coin offerings (ICOs). According...
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2.0KInternationalWalmart Taps WeChat For Western Region Of China In A Blow To Alipay
In what is seen as a blow to Alipay, Walmart inked a deal with rival Tencent Holdings to use WeChat Pay, its...
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1.6KToday In DataCapturing Consumers In A Rapidly Resetting Environment
The fact that the world is changing rapidly shouldn’t come as much of a shock — though the speed and centers of...
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2.9KLatin AmericaAlipay Partners With Openpay In Mexico
Pushing its footprint even deeper into the Americas, Ant Financial’s Alipay — China’s leading payment provider and the primary means of online and mobile payment...
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2.6KMobile CommerceBuilding Bridges For Chinese Consumers To U.S. Commerce
According to the U.S. Commerce Department, 2.97 million Chinese nationals visited the U.S. in 2016 (the last year for which data is available), spending...
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2.9KMobile PaymentsFirst Data Expands Alipay Acceptance To 600M Chinese Users
Ant Financial’s Alipay is expanding across North America as it broadens its partnership with First Data, the companies announced Monday (March 19)....
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2.8KInvestmentsAnt Financial Buys 45 Percent Stake In Telenor Microfinance Bank
Telenor Group announced news on Tuesday (March 13) that it made a strategic partnership with Ant Financial Services Group in which Ant...
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2.8KPartnerships / AcquisitionsAlipay Consumers Pay At POS In Canada
Alipay, the payment affiliate of Alibaba, is reportedly reaping the rewards of its partnership with Motion Pay Technology, the payment company in...
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3.8KPartnerships / AcquisitionsAlibaba Is Hungry For Food Delivery Service Ele.me
In a possible deal to strengthen its delivery network in China, Alibaba reported plans to buy out Baidu and other investors in...
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2.7KRetailSMBs Turn To Mobile Devices To Accept Payments In Face-To-Face Environments
The retail point-of-sale (POS) terminal market is no stagnant business. While it is currently a $15 billion industry, Global Market Insights is...
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3.0KMobile PaymentsSouth Korean Starbucks Accepts Alipay For Tourists
Chinese tourists looking for a coffee fix in South Korea are in luck, as more than 1,000 Starbucks locations across the country...
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3.1KInternationalAlipay Launches In Israel
Alipay is partnering with Israel Credit Cards (ICC, CAL) and OneBill to launch its payments service platform in Israel. Alipay currently has...
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5.2KPayment MethodsWeChat Pay Lets Users Link International Debit, Credit Cards
WeChat Pay, the digital payment arm of China’s Tencent, announced news on Thursday (Jan. 25) that it will open up its payments...
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4.5KBankingVocalink CEO On Making Payments Faster, Sooner
Call it agility. Or, in a more long-winded fashion, that nimbleness which brings together new and existing rails, melding legacy systems with...
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2.6KRetailChinese Millennials May Save Luxury Brands
Sales of luxury goods in China are skyrocketing — up around 20 percent from 2016 — in its sharpest growth since 2011, as Chinese...
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2.6KPayment MethodsBlackhawk Network, QR Codes Power Alipay At US POS
Blackhawk Network, the financial technology company, and Alipay, the digital payment service operated by Ant Financial Services Group, have inked a partnership...
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2.1KLoansAnt Financial Approved To Issue Consumer Credit-Backed Securities
Ant Financial Services Group (which offers Alipay) said on Monday (Jan. 15) that it has garnered approval in China to issue consumer...
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2.9KPayment MethodsLacoste US To Accept Alipay As Payment Method
Alipay, the digital payment arm of Alibaba, announced Thursday (Jan.11) it had entered into a partnership with French apparel brand Lacoste that...
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10.5KPayments InnovationPayments 2018: Think This — Not That
In 800 B.C., when people wanted to know the answer to “what’s next” about their personal futures, they flocked to Delphi and...
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3.2KInternationalAnt Apologizes Over Credit Scoring Snafu
Following an online uproar, Chinese financial giant Ant Financial has apologized for auto-enrolling unsuspecting users of its new shopping profile service in...
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2.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsHonda Partners With Alibaba To Develop Connected Car Services
Honda is teaming up with Alibaba Group Holding’s AutoNavi business to develop new services for connected cars. According to news from the Nikkei...
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3.9KInternationalAlibaba’s Singles Day Tops $25B, Crushing 2016 Record
Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese eCommerce giant, saw gross merchandise volume of $25.3 billion for this year’s Singles Day Global Shopping Festival,...
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4.9KPartnerships / AcquisitionsMarqeta Powers Instant Card Issuance For Alipay Users Stateside
Marqeta, an open API card issuer, and Alipay, a third-party payment platform popular in China, have announced news of a partnership that...
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5.8KMobile PaymentsChase To Enable Alipay Acceptance At Chase Merchants
Alipay announced news on Friday (Oct. 20) that it is working with JPMorgan Chase on a plan to allow Chinese consumers traveling...
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4.6KPOS InnovationAlipay Expands POS Presence With Poynt
Alipay, the digital payment company owned by Alibaba, China’s largest eCommerce company, has inked a partnership with Poynt, the maker of smart...
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3.5KInternationalHow To Succeed In (Chinese) Business Without Really Trying
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” That ancient proverb holds true today, wherever one goes — especially if one is...
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4.5KPayment MethodsAlipay Coming To US Taxis In Verifone Deal
Payment services company Verifone and digital payment service Alipay, owned by China’s Alibaba, announced Tuesday (Oct. 17) they have formed a partnership that will...
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2.3KDigital PaymentsWill It Be Nordic Banks Against The World In Mobile Payments?
The world beat a path to Scandinavia’s door this year when it came to mobile payments. Samsung Pay was the first international...
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2.9KDigital PaymentsAlipay Says In-Store Drove Strong YoY Growth During Golden Week
China’s Golden Week appeared to be good for Alipay, the digital payment unit of Alibaba, which saw a big uptick of in-store...
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3.0KPartnerships / AcquisitionsAdyen Powers Alipay At The POS
Adyen, the omnichannel payments platform based in Amsterdam, announced news on Tuesday (Oct. 3) that it is expanding its partnership with Alipay,...
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4.0KMobile PaymentsAlipay Partners With Norway Tourism Board
Alipay, China’s leading third-party online payment solution, has partnered with Norway’s tourism promotion agency to provide better services to Chinese tourists traveling...
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4.1KApple PayDidi 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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5.1KPlatform PaymentsExpedia 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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3.3KRetailRebecca 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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2.9KInternationalChina 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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10.2KInternationalWhere 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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3.8KMobile PaymentsAlipay 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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5.1KPayment MethodsApple 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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7.4KResTechBezos 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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3.5KMobile PaymentsAlipay 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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4.4KInternationalThe 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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3.1KStartup Check-InJewel 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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4.9KPartnerships / AcquisitionsAlipay 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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4.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsMarriott 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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3.7KMobile PaymentsPayworks 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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3.8KMobile PaymentsAlipay 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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2.6KToday In DataToday 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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5.6KPayment 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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5.7KSouth East AsiaChina’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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2.5KToday In DataToday 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...
