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Ant International launches lending services in Brazil

Bettr, a leading AI-driven lending business under Ant International, today announced its official launch in Brazil to expand small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending to support local and regional economic development by working with local partners.

18 March 2025

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