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Company announcement/payments

Ant International opens first Middle East office in Saudi Arabia

Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider, has opened a new office location in the central business district of Al-Olaya, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), following its successful technical certification as a Payment Technical Service Provider (PTSP) from Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).

12 February 2025

Company announcement/people

Ant International appoints Jiang-Ming Yang chief innovation officer

Ant International today announced the appointment of Jiang-Ming Yang as Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), effective immediately. As CIO, he will drive the synergised development of Ant International’s product and technology teams.

07 February 2025

Company announcement/retail

Iraq's Qi Card partners Ant International to launch SuperQi app

Qi Card, a leading player in Iraq’s fintech sector, has unveiled its groundbreaking third-generation app, SuperQi, in collaboration with Ant International, powers the future of global commerce with digital innovation headquartered in Singapore.

02 January 2025

Company announcement/payments

Ant International joins Swift Network Interoperability Reference Implementation programme

Ant International has joined Swift's Network Interoperability Reference Implementation program, which brings together a number of global payment service providers (PSPs) to explore interoperability using Swift.

06 December 2024

Company announcement/ai

Ant International goes all in on AI

Singapore – Ant International, a leading global digital payment and financial technology provider headquartered in Singapore, has been intensifying its integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance and secure millions of daily cross-border transactions for merchants across over 200 global markets.

07 November 2024

Company announcement/wholesale

Standard Chartered and Ant International demonstrate intra-group blockchain-based SGD settlement

Standard Chartered and Ant International today announced the successful completion of SGD-denominated liquidity transfers between its entities using Ant International’s blockchain-based Whale platform.

06 November 2024

Company announcement/wholesale

OCBC and Ant International sign cross-border payments MoU

OCBC and Ant International have formed a strategic partnership to enhance the efficiency and speed of cross-border fund settlements.

06 November 2024

Company announcement/payments

Ant International, Grab, and StraitsX debut cross-border stablecoin payment system,

StraitsX, the pioneering payments infrastructure for the digital assets space in Southeast Asia, has announced the official go-live of its groundbreaking initiative with Ant International and Grab.

05 November 2024

News/wholesale

Standard Chartered and Ant International use blockchain for settlement of treasury transactions

Standard Chartered has used Ant Internal's Whale blockchain platform to deliver settlement of HKD-denominated intra-group transactions between various ANT entitites.

30 October 2024

News/payments

HSBC and Ant International laud results of blockchain-based tokenized deposit transfers

HSBC and Ant International have completed HKD-denominated cross-bank blockchain-based test transactions under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Ensemble Sandbox.

28 October 2024

Company announcement/payments

Network International signs MoU with Ant International

Network International (Network), a leading enabler of digital commerce in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), and leading global digital payment and financial technology provider Ant International, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to extend innovative digital payment solutions to businesses in the Middle East and Africa, driving digital transformation and financial inclusion in the region.

28 October 2024

Company announcement/payments

Himalayan Bank and Ant expand Alipay+ acceptance in Nepal

Alipay+, the cross-border mobile payment and digitalisation solutions operated by Ant International, has enabled more than 10 additional payment partners to be accepted in Nepal by collaborating with local acquiring partner Himalayan Bank.

26 September 2024