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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WeChat Pay Rolls Out Utility To Transfer Funds Between Smartphones

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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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  |  Cross-border Payments

Russian Mail.Ru is forming a joint venture with Alibaba’s mobile payments division Alipay, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Oct. 9). Get the Full Story Complete the...

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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. Get the...

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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  |  Cross-border Payments

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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