Tagged: alipay

Data from Ant Group Indicates Rebound of Consumer Spending During First Back-to-Normal Chinese New Year

Data from Ant Group reportedly shows a robust rebound of consumer spending during the first back-to-normal Chinese New Year (CNY) travel season after the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in cross-border tourism. Through the Alipay+ cross-border mobile payment technology solutions, Chinese travelers may pay “for goods, food… Read More

Pakistan’s NayaPay Partners with Alipay+, a Cross-Border Digital Payments Service Operated by Ant International

NayaPay, a financial platform, has partnered with Alipay+, a cross-border digital payments and marketing platform operated by Ant International. The collaboration between NayaPay and Alipay+ is set “to make a significant impact by deploying QR codes compatible with both RAAST and Alipay+ payment partners, including… Read More

Fintech Firm Alipay+ Announces Initiative to Streamline Shopping Experience for International Visitors to Dubai

Dubai Duty Free, which claims to be one of the largest travel retail operators, announced its partnership with Alipay+ in order “to power a seamless travel and checkout experience for international visitors.” Consumers from South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia, Italy as well as… Read More

Payments: Ant Group Incorporates Seven New E-Wallets into A+China Program

Chinese digital payment giant Ant Group has officially integrated seven prominent Asian e-wallets and payment apps into its “Alipay+-in-China” Program (A+China Program). The firm confirmed that users of mPay (Macao SAR, China), Hipay (Mongolia), Changi Pay (Singapore), OCBC (Singapore), Naver Pay (South Korea), Toss Pay… Read More

International Card Networks, Alipay to Enhance Mobile Payments Experience

International card networks, including Visa, Mastercard, JCB, and Discover Global Network, are launching a major campaign with Alipay, the digital payment and lifestyle service platform in China, “to further enhance international visitors’ mobile payment and travel experience in the country on the 30-day countdown to… Read More

Printemps Paris Integrates Alipay+ Solutions to Enable Digital Payment Experience for Asian Clients

Printemps, the French luxury department store, announced the integration of Alipay+, a suite of global cross-border digital payment and marketing solutions, in order “to offer Asian consumers a convenient and seamless checkout experience with their home e-wallets.” Through a simple integration, Kakao Pay and AlipayHK… Read More

Digital Wallets in Southeast Asia: Macau Pass Teams Up with GCash, Touch ‘n Go e-Wallet, True Money

Macau Pass has been officially approved to provide acquiring services to Alipay+ market-leading partner e-wallets from the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand. This means that in addition to Alipay, AlipayHK, WeChat Pay, Simple Pay and other e-wallets launched by other banks in Macau, Macau Pass payment… Read More

Alipay Platform Pledges $1.45B in Incentives to Support Service Provider Partners

The Alipay platform announced an incentive plan worth 10 billion RMB (approximately 1.45 billion USD) to further support its service provider partners (ISVs). The ISVs are independent software vendors that “utilize Alipay’s digital capabilities to create solutions for merchants, such as mobile food ordering, digital… Read More

Euronet Worldwide Business Segment epay Australia Partners with Alipay+

epay Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned business segment of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT), announced that Alipay+ will be “activated in some 8,000 epay retailers including Australian luxury department store David Jones.” epay Australia’s retailers will “have access to the Alipay+ e-wallet partners including AlipayHK… Read More

Consumer Spending Recovery Observed on Alipay Platform Around Chinese New Year: Report

As this year’s week-long Chinese New Year holiday comes to an end, Ant Group would like to share some observations on Chinese consumers’ spring festival spending and trends. These findings “provide a snapshot of recovering consumption in China’s domestic market and outbound tourism market.” Main… Read More

Splitit, Alipay to Enable ‘Pay After Delivery’ Installments on AliExpress

Splitit Payments Limited (ASX:SPT), which claims to be the only white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card at checkout, announced that Splitit and Alipay have formed a partnership “to power the ‘Pay After Delivery’ option for… Read More

Alipay+ to Provide Cash-Free Travel Experiences for Tourists in Chinese Mainland

Alipay+, a provider of global cross-border digital payment and marketing solutions, is striving to provide cash-free and mobile-friendly travel experiences for Asian tourists in the Chinese mainland “as it seeks to partner with more merchants and enable greater QR code connectivity.” Starting from January 8,… Read More

Alipay+, a Provider of Cross-Border Payment Solutions, to Serve 100M Digital Wallet Users

Alipay+, a suite of cross-border payment and marketing solutions, has supported global online merchant partners “to serve over 100 million e-wallet users as they flock to take up the offers and benefits since the global Double 11 event kicked off on November 1.” The consumers… Read More

Alipay+ Teams Up with Merchants in Japan to Create Seamless Travel Experiences

Ant Group announced that Alipay+ has expanded its enablement of seamless travel experiences to Japan, where over 1 million local merchants are now “connected to global cross-border digital payments and marketing capabilities to better serve consumers across the world.” Universal Studios Japan is the latest… Read More

Financial Services Subcommittee Hearing to Review Alternative Payment Systems and Security Impacts

The House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy will convene a hybrid hearing entitled, “Under the Radar: Alternative Payment Systems and the National Security Impacts of Their Growth.” According to the hearing memo, alternative payment systems can operate independently… Read More

Thunes, Alipay+ to Connect European Merchants with Asian Consumers

Thunes, a cross-border payments company, announced a partnership with Alipay+, a suite of cross-border payments and marketing solutions operated by Ant Group. Thanks to this collaboration, Thunes’ customers and merchants in Europe will now be able to accept Asia’s most widely-used mobile wallets: China’s Alipay… Read More

Till Payments Adds Alipay to Education Offering via Alipay+ Partnership

International payments Fintech, Till Payments recently announced a partnership with Alipay+, a suite of cross-border payments and marketing solutions operated by Ant Group, in order to integrate Alipay into its Education product offering while exploring the potential integration of other virtual payment methods offered by… Read More

QNB Introduces Wechat Pay, Alipay+ in Qatar

QNB, which is one of the largest financial institutions in the MENA region, has introduced  WeChat Pay and AliPay+ to its existing range of payment options that are accepted by its merchant network in Qatar, making it the first banking institution in the country to… Read More

Alipay+ Updates Cashier Product to Offer Merchants Integrated, Cost-Efficient Experience

Ant Group recently announced the launch of Alipay+ Unified Payment. This product upgrade “provides a unified, scalable technical solution to help online and brick-and-mortar merchants collect money through all digital payment methods supported by Alipay+ in a more convenient and effective way.” Alipay+ offers “a… Read More

Ant Group Partners with Payments Platform 2C2P, Will Become Majority Shareholder

Ant Group, an offshoot of Alibaba and the owner of the largest payment platform in China – Alipay, has partnered with 2C2P – a global payments platform. Simultaneously it was announced that Ant Group will become the majority shareholder of 2C2P upon completion of the… Read More