Alipay

Alipay is a digital payment platform and mobile wallet developed by Ant Group, primarily used in China for online and offline transactions, bill payments, and financial services.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its expansion of AI-powered shopping features across its digital wallets and its stalled partnership with India's UPI over security concerns.

Latest on Alipay

• Ant to let AI agents shop via 10 digital wallets, from AlipayHK to Starryblu to KakaoPay
• TerraPay connects Xend to Alipay+
• Alipay+’s UPI Linkup Stalled Over Security, Data Concerns: Report
• Alipay launches full stack agentic commerce platform in China
• Alipay+ Secures Hang Seng as First Hong Kong Banking Partner
• Alipay+ partners with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Bank for cross-border QR code payments
• Ant Group, the Hangzhou-based fintech company backed by Jack Ma, is overhauling its Alipay app
• The company gets efficiency. The user gets convenience.
• when an AI assistant completes a transaction on your behalf, who bears the cost of the wrong choice?

Connections

17 entities linked to Alipay across the news graph.