Tag: Alipay

Ant Financial boosts global reach with HelloPay acquisition

Ant Financial is continuing to make its presence felt outside of the Chinese market with the acquisition of Lazada’s payments arm HelloPay. The financial terms of the deal are undisclosed.

Ant Financial buys US remittance firm MoneyGram for $880m

Chinese FinTech giant Ant Financial is acquiring US money transfer service MoneyGram in an $880m deal. Ant Financials’ core product is payments service Alipay.

Alipay partners with Zapper for UK payments

Chinese mobile payments service Alipay is partnering with UK consumer insights and marketing platform Zapper.

Alipay preparing to enter Europe

Alipay, the online and mobile payments service operated by Alibaba subsidiary Ant Financial, is expanding into Europe.

Ant Financial ups its biometrics game with $70m EyeVerify buy

Alibaba FinTech subsidiary Ant Financial is boosting its biometric capabilities through the acquisition of Kansas City-based EyeVerify.

AliPay and WeChat granted Hong Kong digital wallet licenses

Two of China biggest mobile payments players AliPay and WeChat, have won approval to operate digital wallets in Hong Kong. It seen as a major step towards international expansion.

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