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Ant Financial launches AlipayHK mobile app

Ant Financial, the arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba group, officially launched AlipayHK mobile application on Thursday, enabling users to register accounts using local phone numbers and top up their mobile wallets with Hong Kong dollars (HKD) and link them with HKD credit cards.

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Ant Financial launches AlipayHK mobile app

AntFinancial,thearmofChinesee-commercegiantAlibabagroup,officiallylaunchedAlipayHKmobileapplicationonThursday,enablinguserstoregisteraccountsusinglocalphonenumb

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Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial enters Malaysian market

Ant Financial, the affiliate financial service of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba, entered partnership with 7-Eleven Malaysia on Monday by officially launching the Alipay cashless payment service in over 2,100 stores in Malaysia.

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Alipay, China’s top mobile payment service, expands to the U.S.

China’s dominant mobile payment service is making its move in the U.S..

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Mobile wallets becoming way of life: Study

Mobile wallets have grown into a lifestyle choice embedded into daily activities and interactions, as more Chinese embrace third-party services to pay back credit cards and run errands, a latest study has found.

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Alipay in latest bid to take on WeChat

Alipay, one of China's most widely used digital wallets, is testing a new social networking feature in its latest attempt to take on WeChat, the country's leading messaging app.

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Alipay targets Chinese tourists with US payment deals

China’s Alipay is expanding its mobile payment app service into the United States through partnerships with payment processors First Data and Verifone, the latest deals in a global strategy to reach Chinese consumers travelling abroad.

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Alipay targets Chinese tourists with US payment deals

China’s Alipay is expanding its mobile payment app service into the United States through partnerships with payment processors First Data and Verifone, the latest deals in a global strategy to reach Chinese consumers travelling abroad.

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Alipay to charge for transfers to personal bank accounts from October

Alibaba’s electronic payment system will charge individuals 0.1 per cent for amounts over 20,000 yuan to offset rising costs

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Alipay awarded payment license in HK

Alibaba's financial affiliate Ant Financial on Thursday said its popular payment service Alipay has received a third-party payment license in Hong Kong.

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InterContinental's guests can now pay via Alipay

Chinese travelers staying at InterContinental Hotels Group's properties at home and abroad can start to pay via Alipay, as well as through all of its online and mobile channels.

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Alipay+ rolled out in Singapore

Alipay has launched its new program called Alipay+ in Singapore, one of the most popular destinations for Chinese tourists.

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Samsung to partner with Alibaba on mobile payments in China

Users of Samsung Pay will also have the option of paying with their Alipay accounts without having separately access the Alipay application.

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Alipay not to charge over cash-drawing amid peers pressure

Alipay, a leading mobile payment system in China, said on Tuesday in a social media post it will not charge its users for withdrawing cash, dispelling rumors.

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Japanese department store to use China's Alipay

Japanese department store chain Kintetsu announced on Monday that it will introduce China's online payment solution Alipay in four of its department stores in Osaka so as to attract more Chinese tourists.

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Alipay expands mobile payment service to Taiwan

Mainland tourists in Taiwan will soon be able to buy from thousands of vendors using a mobile app from Alipay, the mainland's leading electronic payment platform.

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Alipay ties with Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten

Alipay, the popular third-party payment service affiliated with China's Alibaba Group, on Monday announced a tie-up with Japan's leading e-commerce company Rakuten.