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2024.11.06

08:40

UnionPay cards issued outside China fully support binding WeChat Pay, Alipay

Asia Tech Wire (Nov 6) -- UnionPay International, a subsidiary of UnionPay responsible for operating its international business, announced on Wednesday that UnionPay cards issued abroad now fully support the binding of Alipay.

2024.08.14

04:15

Alipay's China tech head said to have left

Asia Tech Wire (Aug 14) -- Zhao Zunkui, the China technology head of Alipay, the payment arm of Ant Group, has left the company at the rank of P10, according to the latest market news.

2021.12.29

08:02

China's Ant shuts down online mutual-aid service amid tougher regulations

Asian Tech Press (Dec 29) -- The world's largest mutual-aid programme Xianghubao, launched by Ant Group, Alibaba's financial affiliate, has formally ceased operation since Wednesday.

2021.11.26

03:37

WeChat Pay, Alipay personal QR code will be banned from business payments from March 2022

Asian Tech Press (Nov 26) -- A notice on barcode/QR Code payment regulation recently issued by the People's Bank of China about " individual payment code banned for business services from March 1, 2022" and " individual static payment barcode prohibited to be used for remote non-face-to-face payment" recently spread across the Chinese internet.

2021.01.27

06:16

Chinese 3rd-Party Online Payment Providers Remove Bank Deposit Products

3rd-party online payment platforms such as Alipay and Jingdong Finance have removed all kinds of bank deposit products from their services.

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