Ant Group

105 results about this entity

Period: 20 Sep 2018 - 18 Mar 2025

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Ant Financial-backed fund invests in B2B FX engine Wallex

Wallex Technologies, a fintech startup headquartered in Singapore focused on serving FX and cross border payment needs of SMEs, announced that it closed its Series A funding led by BAce Capital, SMDV and Skystar Capital.

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Alipay mini programmes gain traction with Chinese service providers

Alipay, the world’s leading open digital lifestyle platform operated by Ant Group, today unveiled data showing how China’s service industry is embracing the power of digital technology as it continues to recover from the impact of COVID-19 and prepare for the future.

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Ant Financial injects $73.5 million into Myanmar's Wave Money

Ant Financial is to pour $73.5 million into mobile financial services provider Wave Money as part of an initiative to promote financial inclusion for the unbanked in Myanmar.

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Chinese giants lead blockchain patent applications

Alibaba and Ant Financial lead the ranking for blockchain patent applications, filing 2344 claims in total over the past two years.

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Ant Financial opens blockchain platform to developer and SME community

Chinese banking behemoth Ant Financial is opening up its proprietary blockchain platform to small businesses and developers to help in the creation of multi-user trust-based digital applications.

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Ant Financial and ICBC extend commercial collaboration pact

Ant Financial and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank in terms of assets, announced a collaboration as part of a comprehensive strategic partnership unveiled in December 2019.

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Ant Financial unveils SaaS version of OceanBase database

Ant Financial today launched the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version of its technology product OceanBase, a financial-grade distributed relational database that has been a key computing infrastructure for Alipay since 2010.

Alipay cites coronavirus as it looks beyond payments to era of 'digital lifestyle'

China's Ant Financial is planning to open up its hugely popular payments platform Alipay to third parties, enabling millions of service providers to offer their wares through the app.

Ant Financial takes minority stake in Klarna

Klarna has picked up a minority investment from Chinese giant Ant Financial, in a move which will fuel deeper integration between the Swedish buy now, pay later brand and the Alipay payments app.

Ant Financial preps huge fintech conference

China's Ant Financial is flexing its muscles by organising a massive fintech conference in Shanghai this April.

Tencent and UnionPay integrate QR code systems

Tencent and state-owned China UnionPay are integrating their QR code systems for mobile payments, according to local media reports.

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Ant Financial and Vanguard to launch investment-advisory service for Chinese consumers

Ant Financial Services Group and Vanguard, the $5.9 trillion U.S.-based asset manager, are launching an investment-advisory service for Chinese consumers.