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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How Connected Consumers Tap Into In-Store Smartphone Shopping Features

How Connected Consumers Tap Into In-Store Smartphone Shopping Features
How Connected Consumers Tap Into In-Store Smartphone Shopping Features
May 21, 2019  |  Retail

Smartphones fit squarely in the center of the social and digital lives of many shoppers — and provide these consumers with constant connectivity. They have...

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Sweden’s Anyfin Notches €8M; Oman Arab Bank Debuts NFC Rewards
Sweden’s Anyfin Notches €8M; Oman Arab Bank Debuts NFC Rewards
May 14, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Sweden-based Anyfin’s €8 million extended Series A funding round. Denmark’s...

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Klarna Powers Alipay ‘Pay Later’ Option
Klarna Powers Alipay ‘Pay Later’ Option
May 10, 2019  |  eCommerce

Three popular payment companies, Alipay, Adyen and Klarna, have teamed up to allow AliExpress shoppers to use Klarna’s “Pay Later” option for online shopping, according...

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PaySend Debuts Payment App; PFS Teams With Garmin Pay
PaySend Debuts Payment App; PFS Teams With Garmin Pay
May 02, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. PaySend, a U.K. FinTech firm, has debuted an app that enables...

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Sonect Gets eMoney License In Lithuania; Alipay Teams With HarkHark For Mobile Orders
Sonect Gets eMoney License In Lithuania; Alipay Teams With HarkHark For Mobile Orders
April 30, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Sonect obtaining an eMoney license in Lithuania. In addition, Sainsbury’s...

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Viva Air To Tap Into Mobile Payments; Bookme Closes Pre-Series A Funding Round
Viva Air To Tap Into Mobile Payments; Bookme Closes Pre-Series A Funding Round
April 22, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes CellPoint Mobile’s plans to enable mobile payments for Viva Air,...

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KOKU Notches $2M In Funding; Citi Taps Into Biometrics In Asia
KOKU Notches $2M In Funding; Citi Taps Into Biometrics In Asia
April 18, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the $2 million pre-series A raise for Singapore’s KOKU....

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AlipayHK And McDonalds Hong Kong Team Up For In-App Payment
AlipayHK And McDonalds Hong Kong Team Up For In-App Payment
April 11, 2019  |  Digital Payments

AlipayHK, a mobile payment system in Hong Kong, has partnered with McDonald’s to offer payment on the McDonald’s app on smartphones, the company said in...

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