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Can Facial Pay Work in China?

by Pete Reville

September 22, 2020

Not too long ago, there was a significant amount of press given to the idea of paying via facial recognition. ...

A Tough Day for Asian Payment Apps

by Sarah Grotta

September 18, 2020

This morning (Sept. 18) the U.S. Department of Commerce posted an announcement that it is banning the use of TikTok ...

Ant Financial Unveils SaaS Version of Its Database Solution OceanBase

by PaymentsJournal

March 25, 2020

Ant Financial today launched the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version of its technology product OceanBase, a financial-grade distributed relational database that has ...

Ant Financial Moves into the Bank Service Provider Market

by Sarah Grotta

June 6, 2018

Mercator Advisory Group recently published a report on Asian mobile payment apps and continues to monitor companies like Ant Financial ...

Ant Financial Said To Close $150B Funding Round

by PaymentsJournal

May 29, 2018

In a landmark event for the fintech industry, Ant Financial, the financial affiliate of Alibaba Group, announced the closure of ...

Keeping an Eye on Alibaba, Ant Financial and Alipay

by Sarah Grotta

May 7, 2018

An article in MarketWatch regarding Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Ant Financial is unsurprisingly about their financial footing, their corporate ...