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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Tottenham Hotspur sign Ant International on three-year deal

Tottenham Hotspur has announced a new three-year strategic partnership with Ant International, a digital payment and financial technology leader.

16 September 2024

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Ant Group sees 300% rise in international users adopting mobile payment in China in 2024

Ant Group today announced the number of international visitors who have used its mobile payment services in China quadrupled over the past six months, following the launch of the International Consumer Friendly Zones program in March that has now expanded to 70 Chinese cities.

05 September 2024

News/ai

Ant Group launches AI-powered 'life assistant' app

Ant Group has launched a new 'life assistant' app, Zhixiaobao, connecting users to a multitude of AI-agents trained for shopping, fitness and language learning.

05 September 2024