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WeChat Pay Rolls Out Utility To Transfer Funds Between Smartphones

WeChat Pay Rolls Out Utility To Transfer Funds Between Smartphones
WeChat Pay Rolls Out Utility To Transfer Funds Between Smartphones
October 23, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Tencent’s WeChat Pay is launching a new payments feature that lets people transfer funds using a mobile phone number, TechNode reported on Wednesday (Oct. 23)....

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Top News In Payments: PayPal To Roll Out Venmo Credit Card; Mastercard Teams With WHSmith For Pay By Bank
Top News In Payments: PayPal To Roll Out Venmo Credit Card; Mastercard Teams With WHSmith...
October 18, 2019  |  News

Today in the payment’s news roundup, PayPal is teaming with Synchrony Financial to put forward a Venmo co-branded credit card next year. Also, Mastercard is...

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Despite China’s Slowing Economy, Credit Demand Still Strong
Despite China’s Slowing Economy, Credit Demand Still Strong
October 18, 2019  |  International

Chinese online finance giant Ant Financial, headed by billionaire Jack Ma, is seeing an uptick in the desire for credit among small and medium businesses...

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Ant Financial To Invest $600M In Zomato
Ant Financial To Invest $600M In Zomato
October 04, 2019  |  Investments

Zomato is in talks with Chinese payments giant Ant Financial to lead a $600 million funding round for the delivery company, according to a report...

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Agriculture In Ant Financial’s Blockchain Sights
Agriculture In Ant Financial’s Blockchain Sights
October 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Tracking agriculture activities via blockchain to digitize activities gains traction through joint Bayer Crop Science and Ant Financial efforts. Elsewhere, Overstock looks toward DLT for...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ant Financial, Bayer Team On Agriculture Blockchain; StrongSalt Gets $3M For Encryption
Bitcoin Daily: Ant Financial, Bayer Team On Agriculture Blockchain; StrongSalt Gets $3M For Encryption
September 27, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Alipay­’s Ant Financial announced that it has partnered with Bayer Crop Science to develop blockchain solutions in the food and crops industry. The companies will...

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Eyeing IPO, Alibaba Gets Go-Ahead To Restructure Ant Financial
Eyeing IPO, Alibaba Gets Go-Ahead To Restructure Ant Financial
September 24, 2019  |  International

Chinese regulators have given the green light to Alibaba to restructure Ant Financial, which will open a path for an initial public offering (IPO) for...

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Ant Financial’s Health Plan Has More Than 50M Participants
Ant Financial’s Health Plan Has More Than 50M Participants
April 12, 2019  |  Healthcare

Ant Financial Services Group, the payment affiliate of Alibaba, launched a health aid plan in China that has landed more than 50 million users. Get...

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Ant’s Xiang Hu Bao Brings In 50M Users; Bristol Leads UK In Contactless Payments
Ant’s Xiang Hu Bao Brings In 50M Users; Bristol Leads UK In Contactless Payments
April 11, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes a ranking that shows Bristol as the top city for...

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