Ant Group

78 results about this entity

Period: 20 Sep 2018 - 07 May 2024

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Chinese giants lead blockchain patent applications

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Chinese giants lead blockchain patent applications

Alibaba and Ant Financial lead the ranking for blockchain patent applications, filing 2344 claims in total over the past two years.

Ant Financial opens blockchain platform to developer and SME community

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Ant Financial opens blockchain platform to developer and SME community

Chinese banking behemoth Ant Financial is opening up its proprietary blockchain platform to small businesses and developers to help in the creation of multi-user trust-based digital applications.

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Ant Financial and ICBC extend commercial collaboration pact

Ant Financial and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank in terms of assets, announced a collaboration as part of a comprehensive strategic partnership unveiled in December 2019.

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Ant Financial unveils SaaS version of OceanBase database

Ant Financial today launched the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version of its technology product OceanBase, a financial-grade distributed relational database that has been a key computing infrastructure for Alipay since 2010.

Alipay cites coronavirus as it looks beyond payments to era of 'digital lifestyle'

Alipay cites coronavirus as it looks beyond payments to era of 'digital lifestyle'

China's Ant Financial is planning to open up its hugely popular payments platform Alipay to third parties, enabling millions of service providers to offer their wares through the app.

Ant Financial takes minority stake in Klarna

Ant Financial takes minority stake in Klarna

Klarna has picked up a minority investment from Chinese giant Ant Financial, in a move which will fuel deeper integration between the Swedish buy now, pay later brand and the Alipay payments app.

Ant Financial preps huge fintech conference

Ant Financial preps huge fintech conference

China's Ant Financial is flexing its muscles by organising a massive fintech conference in Shanghai this April.

Tencent and UnionPay integrate QR code systems

Tencent and UnionPay integrate QR code systems

Tencent and state-owned China UnionPay are integrating their QR code systems for mobile payments, according to local media reports.

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Ant Financial and Vanguard to launch investment-advisory service for Chinese consumers

Ant Financial Services Group and Vanguard, the $5.9 trillion U.S.-based asset manager, are launching an investment-advisory service for Chinese consumers.

ICBC, Alibaba and Ant Financial strengthen fintech partnership

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ICBC, Alibaba and Ant Financial strengthen fintech partnership

Giants in their own right, ICBC - the world's largest bank in terms of assets - will work with Alibaba and Ant Financial by leveraging their collective expertise in electronic payment settlement and cross border finance to promote the wider use of digital technology in financial services.

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Vanguard and Ant Financial team on wealth management service in China

Vanguard, the US$5.9 trillion U.S.-based asset manager, and Ant Financial Services Group, operator of the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform Alipay, today announced a partnership to bring a new streamlined and broadly-available investment advisory service to retail consumers in China.

Ant Financial preps $1bn investment fund

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Ant Financial preps $1bn investment fund

China's Ant Financial is preparing to raise $1 billion for a fund that will invest in fintech startups in South East Asia and India, according to reports.

Paytm closes in on $2bn funding - FT

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Paytm closes in on $2bn funding - FT

Indian mobile payment giant Paytm is looking to raise $2 billion at a $15 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times.

Ant Financial joins $10 million funding round in Qedit

Ant Financial joins $10 million funding round in Qedit

Ant Financial has participated in a $10 million fund raise for blockchain-based data privacy startup Qedit.

Alipay powers blockchain remittances for Pakistani bank

Alipay powers blockchain remittances for Pakistani bank

Pakistan's Telenor Microfinance Bank has introduced a cross-border remittance service powered by blockchain technology from China's Ant Financial.

Ant Financial CEO joins UN task force on digital finance

On November 29, 2018, Eric Jing, Executive Chairman and CEO of Ant Financial, was appointed to the United Nations’ newly launched Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Watch out dinosaurs, we're in 'extinction phase' - Citi global CEO

Watch out dinosaurs, we're in 'extinction phase' - Citi global CEO

Banks are living through an "extinction phase" as they look to survive the asteroid that is digitisation and the new competitors it ushers in, warns Stephen Bird, global CEO, Citi.

Ant Financial launches new fintech brand

Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial” or “the Company”) today announced that the Company would open up a full suite of technology products and services under a new brand, Ant Financial Technology, to support the growth of financial institutions by improving user experience and lowering costs.

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