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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Alipay To Start Charging A Withdrawal Fee
Alipay To Start Charging A Withdrawal Fee
September 13, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Alipay, a mobile payment company in China, said on Monday (Sept. 12) that it will beginning charging a withdrawal fee due to rising costs. Get...

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Alipay Europe Expansion Gets Help From Wirecard
Alipay Europe Expansion Gets Help From Wirecard
September 05, 2016  |  International

Alipay‘s expansion into Europe got some help from Germany’s Wirecard, which has created a mobile app that enables retailers to accept and process Alipay payments...

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Ant Financial’s Alipay Customers Get Access To European Offline Merchants Thanks To New Deal
Ant Financial’s Alipay Customers Get Access To European Offline Merchants Thanks To New Deal
August 10, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Ant Financial Services, the financial services affiliate of Alibaba Group, has reportedly inked a deal with Ingenico of France to push its mobile payment system...

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Alipay Chief Talks UnionPay Strategy
Alipay Chief Talks UnionPay Strategy
August 01, 2016  |  International

Though state-backed China UnionPay currently dominates China’s payment market, Ant Financial Services President Eric Jing says Alipay (and consumers embracing mobile payments) is diverting billions...

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Alipay Eyes Wirecard Investment
Alipay Eyes Wirecard Investment
June 27, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

New reports indicate that Alipay’s team is in negotiations with Wirecard over Alipay taking a 25 percent stake in the German banking software company. Get...

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Why Ant Financial Wants Big Data
Why Ant Financial Wants Big Data
June 13, 2016  |  International

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings’ Ant Financial affiliate took a 20 percent stake in financial data provider Shanghai Suntime Information Technology, Reuters reported last...

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In China, Must All Tech – And Payments – Be Local?
In China, Must All Tech – And Payments – Be Local?
June 03, 2016  |  International

In politics, they say, everything is local. In China, the same rule seems to apply. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Alipay And Samsung Officially Strike A Mobile Deal
Alipay And Samsung Officially Strike A Mobile Deal
May 20, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

In a mobile payments environment that is frequently likened to a war, an era of peace and good feeling has broken out between two of...

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