Ant Group
Formerly known as Ant Financial, Ant Group is one of China's biggest financial companies and is an affiliate of the Alibaba Group. It operates Alipay, China's largest digital payment platform.
How will agentic AI change online payments?
How will agentic AI change online payments?
It’s unclear who’s liable if it over‑orders or pays the wrong merchant.
Alipay’s AI Pay surpasses 100 million users
Consumers pay via voice command, eliminating the need to switch between pages.
Finance leaders flag governance risks with fast growing fintech systems
Finance leaders discuss macroeconomics, AI, new forms of money, policy sustainability, and more.
Ant Digital deepens support for Hong Kong's global push in fintech
AI and cross-border financing services can help businesses expand in the country.
Ant, RayNeo to bring AR glasses payments cross-border with Alipay+
They plan to enable the use of AR glasses for in-store payments.
Ant International eyes stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong, Singapore: report
The unit is reportedly seeking a related permit in Luxembourg, according to sources.
OCBC, Ant Int’t to deliver embedded financial services to Indonesian SMEs
They believe that it will benefit thousands of small businesses.
Barclays integrates Ant Int’l model to FX hedging platform
Ant Interntional has completed the first batch of intra-group FX transactions with Barclays.
Alipay+ goes live in Sri Lanka with 14 e-wallets enabled for payment
Travellers using the e-wallets can pay in over 400,000 merchants via LANKAQR.
Alipay+ now connects over 1.6 billion users of 35 e-wallets, banks
The platform recently welcomed Kaspi.kz and BigPay.
Ant Int’l sees growth in 4 divisions, Alipay+ holds 1.6 billion users
Cross-border transactions processed via Alipay+ tripled year-on-year in 2024.
Ant International joins SWIFT program exploring cross-border treasury mgmt
The program explores business scenarios on cross-border end-to-end transactions.
OCBC, Ant International team up on tokenised deposits
It aims for real-time, around-the-clock cross-border payments between Singapore and Malaysia.
StraitsX partners with Ant, Grab for blockchain payments
Starting September, tourists from 12 regions can use their home payment apps.
Standard Chartered, Ant complete HKD intra-group transactions
Ant will make use of StanChart’s treasury management principles in moving funds.
HSBC, Ant Int’l complete HKD cross-bank test transactions
The use case integrates HSBC and Hang Seng’s networks with Ant’s Whale platform.
Tottenham Hotspur taps Ant International as global payment solutions, digital wallet partner
The partnership will also incorporate associated brands Alipay+, WorldFirst, and Antom.
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