Alibaba

148 results about this entity

Period: 12 Apr 2010 - 17 Nov 2023

BBVA brings Alipay to Spain

BBVA is to provide a bridgehead into Spain for Alipay, the QR code-based mobile payment service from Chinese giant Ant Financial.

Alipay touches down in Monaco

Alipay, the world's largest online and mobile payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial", "Ant"), today announced that it has signed a MoU with the Government of Monaco, which will enable merchants in Monaco to accept payment via Alipay, giving Chinese tourists the same convenient payment experience that they enjoy at home.

ACI Worldwide brings Alipay to Africa via Peach Payments

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, and Alipay today announced that they are launching Alipay in South Africa, via leading regional payment service provider (PSP) Peach Payments.

Concardis brings Alipay to Austria and Switzerland

oncardis is expanding its international portfolio: the payment service provider is bringing Chinese mobile payment solution Alipay to Austria and Switzerland.

Alipay moves into local currency payments in Hong Kong

Alipay, the mobile payments app from China's Alibaba, is taking its first step to offering non-yuan payment options with the release of a version denominated in Hong Kong dollars.

SME invoice financing startup Qupital secures $2 million seed funding

Hong Kong online invoice discounting exchange Qupital has secured $2 million in seed funding.

First Data to begin roll out of Alipay to merchant client base

More than 450 million people globally use Alipay to pay for goods and services at home and abroad.

Alipay and WeChat near $3 trillion payments milestone

A new study by the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance reveals that Alipay and WeChat Pay enabled $2.9 trillion in Chinese digital payments in 2016, representing a 20-fold increase in the past four years.

Alibaba's Ant Financial merges with helloPay Group

HelloPay Group, the online payments platform used on South East Asian e-commerce platform Lazada, is to merge with Alibaba's Ant Financial and be rebranded into AliPay.

ACI Worldwide provides global gateway for AliPay

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that it has expanded its relationship with Alipay, China's largest mobile payment provider operated by Ant Financial Services Group, to enable merchants across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to accept Alipay payments from Chinese shoppers.

Ant Financial raises MoneyGram offer to $1.2bn

Ant Financial has increased its bid to buy MoneyGram by 36%, to around $1.2 billion, in an effort to fight off competition from Euronet.

Ant Financial brings mobile payments to Indonesia

In its latest foray outside of China, Ant Financial has teamed up with Indonesia's Emtek Group on a mobile payments and financial services joint venture.

Germany pharmacy chain to accept payments via AliPay

Wirecard AG has secured Dirk Rossmann GmbH, one of the largest drugstore chains in Germany, as a customer: Rossmann will soon offer Alipay as a new payment method in all branches with immediate effect.

Ant Financial fires off open letter to MoneyGram as bidding war intensifies

Ant Financial Services Group today issued the following letter to the MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) community as it relates to Ant Financial's agreement to merge with MoneyGram.

UniCredit opens up to Alipay

The Alipay - UniCredit agreement, enters now the operational phase.

Standard Chartered opens up to AliPay

Standard Chartered has partnered with China's Ant Financial to enable online and mobile top-ups to AliPay users in Hong Kong.

MoneyGram board to consider Euronet counter-bid

MoneyGram (MGI) announced today that its board of directors, after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisors, has determined that the unsolicited proposal received on March 14, 2017 from Euronet Worldwide, Inc. ("Euronet") (EEFT) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MoneyGram Common Stock and Preferred Stock for $15.20 per share in cash on an as-converted basis (the "Euronet Proposal") could reasonably be expected to result in a "Company Superior Proposal" as defined in MoneyGram's merger agreement with Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial").

Euronet sparks MoneyGram bidding war with Ant Financial

Euronet Worlwide is testing the financial firepower and resolve of Alibaba's Ant Financial unit by outbidding the Chinese behemoth's $13.25 per share offer for US money transfer business MoneyGram International.

Alibaba leads $200 million investment in Paytm e-commerce unit

The e-commerce arm of Indian mobile wallet giant Paytm has raised $200 million in a funding round led by China's Alibaba.

Citcon brings Alipay to US merchants

Citcon, an integrated mobile payment and marketing platform to connect global merchants with Chinese travelers, announced partnership with Alipay, the world's leading payment platform with 450 million active users run by Ant Financial Services Group, to enable millions of merchants in North America to accept one of China's most popular mobile payment methods.