Ant Group reportedly wants to give its Alipay super app an agentic AI makeover. That’s according to a report Monday (June 15) from Bloomberg News, which characterizes the move as escalating Alipay’s contest with rival WeChat. The report, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans...
China’s Alipay has launched what it calls “the world’s first AI Wallet and Token Pay to power agentic economy.” The company announced this offering Tuesday (May 26) as part of a new artificial intelligence (AI) payments infrastructure for companies ranging from AI firms to traditional retailers. “While...
Alipay’s artificial intelligence payment and health apps each have more than 100 million users, according to a Monday (Feb. 23) press release. AI adoption rose during the 2026 Chinese New Year, per the release. “From ordering bubble tea and coffee to buying movie tickets, Chinese...
Ant International’s Alipay+ has added iris authentication features to its smartglasses-embedded payment solution. The addition to GlassPay is the result of partnerships with “leading smart glasses producers” and is a “global first,” Ant said in a news release Wednesday (Nov. 12). “Riding on rapid advances...
March 25, 2024
Alan Marquard, head of transfer solutions at Mastercard, told PYMNTS that remittances are ripe for continued transformation — to digital channels, and to digital wallets, which make international fund flows cheaper, faster and more convenient. Earlier this month, Mastercard announced a new connection with China’s Alipay, which enables bank, FinTech and corporate clients to offer […]
August 03, 2023
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 in building their own, perhaps...
January 06, 2021
Call it the latest salvo amid tensions between China and the United States that may heat up. With the consumer in focus. To that end, outgoing President Donald J. Trump...
July 08, 2020
QR codes have been around for years, although they often seemed like a marginal tech solution in search of a problem. But as is the case with so many things in...
July 24, 2026
Ant International’s unified wallet gateway, Alipay+, has added its first banking partner in Hong Kong, Hang Seng Bank. This addition enables the users of Hang Seng’s mobile app to make payments via QR code scan at more than 100 million merchants across 55 countries and regions, Ant International said in a Friday (July 24) press […]
June 15, 2026
Ant Group reportedly wants to give its Alipay super app an agentic AI makeover. That’s according to a report Monday (June 15) from Bloomberg News, which characterizes the move as...
May 26, 2026
China’s Alipay has launched what it calls “the world’s first AI Wallet and Token Pay to power agentic economy.” The company announced this offering Tuesday (May 26) as part of a new...
February 23, 2026
Alipay’s artificial intelligence payment and health apps each have more than 100 million users, according to a Monday (Feb. 23) press release. AI adoption rose during the 2026 Chinese New...
