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 India Will Leapfrog Plastic Payments
How India Will Leapfrog Plastic Payments
April 30, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Three decades ago, there were 25 million credit cards in use across the Indian subcontinent, despite it being one of the world’s most populous nations....

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Baidu’s New Firm Gets $1.9B Investment To Compete In China’s FinTech Market
Baidu’s New Firm Gets $1.9B Investment To Compete In China’s FinTech Market
April 30, 2018  |  Fintech Investments

Baidu’s new firm has received $1.9 billion in funding that will enable it to better compete in China’s growing FinTech space. Get the Full Story...

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Ant Financial CEO Is Not A Fan Of ICOs
Ant Financial CEO Is Not A Fan Of ICOs
March 27, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

The chief executive of Ant Financial Services Group, the payment affiliate of Alipay, is no fan of initial coin offerings (ICOs). Get the Full Story...

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Walmart Taps WeChat For Western Region Of China In A Blow To Alipay
Walmart Taps WeChat For Western Region Of China In A Blow To Alipay
March 27, 2018  |  International

In what is seen as a blow to Alipay, Walmart inked a deal with rival Tencent Holdings to use WeChat Pay, its popular payment app,...

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Capturing Consumers In A Rapidly Resetting Environment
Capturing Consumers In A Rapidly Resetting Environment
March 21, 2018  |  Today In Data

The fact that the world is changing rapidly shouldn’t come as much of a shock — though the speed and centers of change in payments...

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Alipay Partners With Openpay In Mexico
Alipay Partners With Openpay In Mexico
March 20, 2018  |  Latin America

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 for Chinese consumers...

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Building Bridges For Chinese Consumers To U.S. Commerce
Building Bridges For Chinese Consumers To U.S. Commerce
March 20, 2018  |  Mobile 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 a net total...

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First Data Expands Alipay Acceptance To 600M Chinese Users
First Data Expands Alipay Acceptance To 600M Chinese Users
March 19, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Ant Financial’s Alipay is expanding across North America as it broadens its partnership with First Data, the companies announced Monday (March 19). Get the Full...

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Ant Financial Buys 45 Percent Stake In Telenor Microfinance Bank
Ant Financial Buys 45 Percent Stake In Telenor Microfinance Bank
March 14, 2018  |  Investments

Telenor Group announced news on Tuesday (March 13) that it made a strategic partnership with Ant Financial Services Group in which Ant acquires a 45...

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