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.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Alipay Launches Digital VAT Refunds To Save Chinese Travelers Millions
Alipay Launches Digital VAT Refunds To Save Chinese Travelers Millions
August 20, 2018  |  Mobile

Mobile wallets, arguably built to solve problems that few consumers had, are again taking on a common hassle faced by travelers who cross international borders:...

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Alipay Now Ubiquitous At Mall Of America
Alipay Now Ubiquitous At Mall Of America
August 17, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

To help Mall of America merchants engage with Chinese consumers, CITCON has teamed up with the shopping complex to offer stores a cross-border mobile payments system....

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Bambora Teams Up With Payworks, The Bank Of East Asia Unveils Payment Hub
Bambora Teams Up With Payworks, The Bank Of East Asia Unveils Payment Hub
August 14, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes WorldRemit’s partnership with Safaricom for money transfers to mobile money...

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How Merchant Link Thinks Hotels Can Maximize QR Code Growth
How Merchant Link Thinks Hotels Can Maximize QR Code Growth
August 14, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Alternative payments methods, such as contactless and QR codes, have been growing globally in popularity for the last half-decade or so. However, the year 2018...

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China’s Central Bank Fines Alipay
China’s Central Bank Fines Alipay
August 07, 2018  |  International

Alipay, a payment affiliate of Alibaba, has been hit with a $601,846 fine by the Shanghai head office for the People’s Bank of China. According...

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Starbucks-Alibaba Deal Does Coffee Runs In Reverse
Starbucks-Alibaba Deal Does Coffee Runs In Reverse
August 03, 2018  |  Delivery

Talk about interesting delivery mashups: Starbucks and Alibaba partner to enable the delivery of Starbucks products to Chinese consumers as part of a deal that...

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GUESS Brings Alipay Into US Stores
GUESS Brings Alipay Into US Stores
July 24, 2018  |  Retail

To attract Chinese travelers visiting the U.S., GUESS?, Inc. has partnered with Alipay to bring the payment option into select brick-and-mortar stores across GUESS’ brands....

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New Payments Rule Could Cost Alipay, Tencent More Than $1B
New Payments Rule Could Cost Alipay, Tencent More Than $1B
July 16, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Alipay and Tencent, operators of the two leading digital payment services in China, could lose as much as $1 billion combined in annual revenue thanks...

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Flywire And UnionPay Expand Cross-Border Payments Partnership
Flywire And UnionPay Expand Cross-Border Payments Partnership
June 14, 2018  |  Cross Border Commerce

The market for Chinese consumers in search of education and medical care in the United States and around the world is large – and growing....

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