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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What If: Elon Musk’s X Becomes the Next Super App?
What If: Elon Musk’s X Becomes the Next Super App?
August 03, 2023  |  financial apps

Super apps like Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat have become super successful in Asia. Their market dominance in turn has made Western entrepreneurs “super” interested...

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Alipay and WeChat Pay Add Links to Visa and Mastercard
Alipay and WeChat Pay Add Links to Visa and Mastercard
July 21, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Visitors to China can now link their Visa and Mastercard accounts to the country’s most popular mobile payment applications, Alipay and WeChat Pay. Ant Group, the operator of Alipay, said Friday (July...

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Ant Group Senior VP Peng Yang to Lead International Business Group
Ant Group Senior VP Peng Yang to Lead International Business Group
July 21, 2023  |  Personnel

Ant Group has appointed its senior vice president, Peng Yang, as president of the company’s International Business Group (IBG). Yang will report to Eric Jing,...

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Ant Group Expands Payments Partnership With Italy’s Tinaba
Ant Group Expands Payments Partnership With Italy’s Tinaba
July 03, 2023  |  Partnerships

Alipay and Tinaba have expanded their partnership to help Italian travelers make payments in Asia. Tinaba, a Milian-based payments company, announced in a press release the latest iteration...

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Alipay and Mastercard Offer Cashless Payments to International Travelers to China
Alipay and Mastercard Offer Cashless Payments to International Travelers to China
June 21, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Alipay and Mastercard have teamed up to offer a new payment option for international visitors to China, allowing them to go cashless while traveling around...

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Alipay Taps Splitit to Let Shoppers ‘Pay After Delivery’
Alipay Taps Splitit to Let Shoppers ‘Pay After Delivery’
January 15, 2023  |  eCommerce

Alipay has teamed with Splitit to help customers make eCommerce payments in installments. The Chinese payments company said Sunday (Jan. 15) it was working with...

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AliPay+ Transactions up 40% During Singles Day Shopping Event
AliPay+ Transactions up 40% During Singles Day Shopping Event
November 11, 2022  |  Digital Payments

During the 10 days leading up to China’s Singles Day shopping event, there was a 40% increase in the number of online transactions via the...

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Digital Yuan Transactions Pass $14B While US Debates Digital Dollar
Digital Yuan Transactions Pass $14B While US Debates Digital Dollar
October 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Chinese citizens have spent more than $14 billion worth of digital yuan, the People’s Bank of China said last week. That represented 360 million transactions...

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Alipay+ Enables 4 Asian Digital Wallets in South Korea
Alipay+ Enables 4 Asian Digital Wallets in South Korea
September 26, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Digital payments platform Alipay+ has partnered with Asian mobile payment providers to enable the use of four digital wallets in South Korea.  With these integrations...

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