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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Chairman of China’s Ant Group Steps Down From Alipay Role
Chairman of China’s Ant Group Steps Down From Alipay Role
August 03, 2022  |  Personnel

Chinese FinTech Ant Group‘s Alipay is in the midst of another change in corporate leadership, with Eric Jing Xiandong stepping down as legal representative and...

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FinTech Ant Group Hires for Singapore Digital Bank
FinTech Ant Group Hires for Singapore Digital Bank
May 13, 2022  |  International

Chinese FinTech giant Ant Group is looking to hire 20 new positions in Singapore as part of an expansion across Southeast Asia, according to a...

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Razer Merchant Services Expands Across Malaysia Through Alipay+
Razer Merchant Services Expands Across Malaysia Through Alipay+
April 05, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Razer Merchant Services (RMS), the B2B arm of American-Singaporean FinTech Razer, is expanding its merchant offerings by integrating Alipay+ solutions into more than 60,000 online...

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Tencent’s WeChat Pay Envisions Future Where Payment Options are the Norm
Tencent’s WeChat Pay Envisions Future Where Payment Options are the Norm
December 02, 2021  |  Mobile Payments

China’s crackdown on technology companies that offer payment services had the unintended side effect of opening the lines of communication between competitors like Alibaba and...

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Uncertainty Surrounds PBOC Targeting of Alipay, WeChat Business Use of Personal Codes
Uncertainty Surrounds PBOC Targeting of Alipay, WeChat Business Use of Personal Codes
November 29, 2021  |  International

In China, what seems to be a crackdown on Big Tech — on the payments giants in particular — continues. Or maybe not, depending on...

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Ant Group, Tencent Give State-Owned UnionPay More Access to Mobile Payment Platforms 
Ant Group, Tencent Give State-Owned UnionPay More Access to Mobile Payment Platforms 
October 04, 2021  |  Mobile Payments

Alipay and WeChat Pay are giving state-owned bank card clearinghouse UnionPay even more access to their mobile payment ecosystems as China continues to push Big...

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Walmart Joins Ford and Argo AI on Driverless Delivery, Apple Fixes ‘Zero Click’ iMessage Breach and OpenSea’s Massive NFT Activity Drop Top This Week’s News 
Walmart Joins Ford and Argo AI on Driverless Delivery, Apple Fixes ‘Zero Click’ iMessage Breach...
September 17, 2021  |  The Weekender

In this week’s news, we saw retail subscriptions at risk when the COVID-19 pandemic ends, while Apple finally closed a longstanding security loophole. The Weekender...

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As Ant Reconfigures Loan Business, China’s SMBs Could See Credit Headwinds 
As Ant Reconfigures Loan Business, China’s SMBs Could See Credit Headwinds 
September 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

When companies are refashioned not by competitive forces but by government fiat, the ripple effects can be broad — and, for at least some stakeholders,...

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China to Split Loan Business From Alipay, Calls on Ant Group to Turn Over User Data
China to Split Loan Business From Alipay, Calls on Ant Group to Turn Over User...
September 12, 2021  |  International

Beijing is angling to break up the super-app Alipay in order to make a new app for the company’s 1 billion-plus-user loans business, a Financial...

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