The Fintech Times

JULY 3, 2025

Combining the agentic AI capabilities of Ant International , a global digital payment, digitisation, and financial technology provider, with cross-border travel services offered by partners including Agoda, Fliggy and Trip.com , Alipay+ Voyager is launched to simplify and enhance travel experiences for global consumers.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Alipay+ , Ant International’s cross-border mobile payment and digitalization solution, revealed three trends shaping the future of tourism to the benefit of global merchants and the industry. By using Alipay+, cross-border travelers can experience a new country or market and pay like a local.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

JULY 30, 2024

WorldFirst has also expanded one-business-day settlement capability to cover 90% of all World Account transactions, providing SMEs worldwide with speedy payments to increase turnover and save on costs. Payment speed is a big pain point for SMEs when it comes to global transactions. In the U.K.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Alipay+ , the cross-border mobile payment digital platform under Ant International, has unveiled a year-end campaign aimed at fostering sustainable cross-border travel. billion payment accounts of over 25 digital wallets, banking apps and buy now, pay later (BNPL) apps.

Cross-Border

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Ant International’s Alipay+ can now accept cross-border payments by 13 international e-wallets of which 9 were recently enabled. This move adds to the existing acceptance of Alipay (Chinese mainland) since 2015, and AlipayHK (Hong Kong SAR, China), Kakao Pay (South Korea), and Touch ‘n Go eWallet (Malaysia) since 2023.

SARS

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Checkout.com , a leading global digital payments provider, today announced its partnership with HEYTEA, the originator and creator of new-style tea drinks and one of Asias fastest-growing beverage brands. This partnership underscores Checkout.coms ability to support ambitious brands like HEYTEA as they scale globally.

Digital Payments

Fintech News

MARCH 25, 2025

With the rollout now live, travellers from 10 countries and regions can use 14 Alipay+ partner e-wallets to make payments at over 400,000 merchants across Sri Lanka by scanning the LANKAQR code. LANKAQR, launched in 2020, is managed by LankaPay and provides a unified digital payments platform across banks and merchants in the country.

SARS

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Alipay+ has expanded its digital payment offerings in Singapore by integrating six additional international e-wallets, increasing the total to twelve. This initiative is part of Alipay+’s broader strategy to facilitate cross-border payments and enhance the digital payment landscape in Singapore.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The campaign, which will last till December 31, will first be launched for the destinations of Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Digital payment increases international tourism revenue to local SMEs.

SARS

Fintech Finance

JULY 25, 2024

Alipay+ , the cross-border mobile payment and digitalization solutions operated by Ant International, continued its global summer campaign, which was kicked off by UEFA EURO 2024, in preparation for the travel industry’s full rebound by the end of 2024.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 3, 2024

Dubai Duty Free is among the latest retailers and tourism facilities that leverage Alipay+ cross-border payment technology and marketing solutions to boost convenience and efficiency for international visitors.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

JUNE 24, 2024

Alipay+, an official sponsor of UEFA EURO 2024 , is a suite of cross-border mobile payments and digitalization technology solutions that now supports 30 global e-wallets and banking apps. The number of customers paying with Alipay+ partner wallets in the opening week increased by 59% (WoW).

Transactions

Fintech Finance

APRIL 26, 2024

Users of 14 popular overseas e-wallets from 9 countries and regions can now make payments in Hong Kong using their home apps through Alipay+ , a suite of cross-border mobile payment and digitalization technology solutions operated by Ant International. This covers a population of approximately over 1.2

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Ant Group began its partnership with Tinaba and Banca Profilo in 2016, extending it to the Alipay+ solution in 2023, supporting users to make mobile payments at more than 2.5 Today, Tinaba users can make cross-border payments at Alipay+ merchants in 27 different countries, including Italy, enhancing the travel experience for users.

Mobile Payments

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

International visitors can now travel by taxi across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as Alipay+ , the cross-border digital payment and marketing solutions provider, partners with key industries and government bodies. This technology facilitates convenient mobile payment options.

Tax Refunds

The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Returning to China in 1999, Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) under the ‘one country two systems’ policy. Consequently, the SAR launched its plans for diversifying the economy based on the ‘1+4’ model in 2023. This sentiment was shared in Macau. per cent used mobile networks and 91.2

SARS

The Fintech Times

JULY 27, 2024

Alipay+ , the cross-border mobile payment and digitalisation solutions operated by Ant International , has had a very successful summer. Having been the official; payment partner of UEFA EURO 2024, the company is now looking at how it can capitalise on this momentum.

Tax Refunds

The Fintech Times

AUGUST 1, 2024

Business growth can suffer as a result of poor payment timings. Looking to ensure British and European SMEs that import from international markets do not face this issue, WorldFirst , the one-stop digital payment and financial services platform has launched a new service for World Account multicurrency business account holders.

Accounts

The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

China is the world’s second largest economy behind the United States IMAGE SOURCE GETTY Digital focus China has embedded digital transformation into its national strategy through several key initiatives. It is a global leader in digital payments, particularly mobile payments.

FinTech

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Viva.com , Europe’s first acquirer powering payments on any channel, and any device, in 24 markets, has expanded its strategic partnership with Alipay+ , a suite of cross-border mobile payments and digitalization technology solutions, to enable European merchants to accept direct payments from 15 e-wallets.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Harry Xenophontos , chief partnerships officer, leading the strategic business development division at Viva.com, commented: “By extending our partnership with Ant International to integrate with Alipay+ cross-border mobile payment solution, we aim to further streamline payments for European businesses.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

The very encouraging story in the news, Mielke and Webster mutually agreed, was the joint announcement by PayPal and UnionPay that the two entities would be combining to take on cross-border payments from two angles. For foreigners to be able to use PayPal in China at UnionPay locations, that is pretty cool,” Mielke noted.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Mastercard and TabaPay on Accelerating Instant Payments. Mastercard ’s drive to scale digital payments across the ecosystem has led the payments network to find new ways to help FinTechs participate. Visa Logs 700M Visa Direct Transactions, Contactless Payments Surge.

Technology

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The collaboration, announced at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2024, allows users of Alipay+ to make payments by scanning NEPALPAY QR codes. are extremely delighted to showcase Nepal’s QR scheme and our retail payment system in the global arena.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 20, 2025

Speaking to The Fintech Times Mark Walker at the Dubai Fintech Summit, Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), shared how his background in investment banking and public office helps shape the citys approach. We only have 7.5 We only have 7.5

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