... umber and Alipay or Wechat payment gateways. And they have also been asked to install anti-virus software on their computers beforehand. As many people faced problems due to those restrictions, the we ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
... said its Alipay online payment unit and its Sesame credit-scoring service plan to work with Qufenqi in growing the business, according to the Wall Street Journal. Ant Financial declined to say how mu ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
... WeChat or AliPay platforms, which also eliminate the risk of counterfeit notes. When Hongkongers think paying bills at 7-Eleven with the Octopus card is not a big hassle, their mainland cousins can ge ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-31
"Fintech" is is a relatively new buzzword that is used to describe technology-enabled financial transactions. Peer-to-peer lending and third-party payment services such as Alipay and Tenpay are good e ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-27
... ugh their Alipay account or in cash. Most of the customers were disciplined in the morning, according to Sesame Credit. But the situation changed after lunch. Three women came in, grabbed some expensi ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
... gs. Also, Alipay has tackled the issue of the counter-party risk in online transactions, while Yuebao has fixed the return of remaining funds. However, China’s financial regulation has lagged far behi ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
... t service Alipay, MYbank will be a tough rival for Tencent and BEA, as Alipay owns the most comprehensive data about mainland internet shoppers and small businesses. MYbank plans to offer services lik ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
... s such as Alipay and WeChat. The banks’ enthusiasm to embrace the online trend reflects an important development in the financial industry. Banks are trying all means to court depositors amid mounting ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... fold the Alipay payment processing and financial services unit, the Wall Street Journal reported. "I think Ant Financial should go public but it is still a baby," Ma was quoted as saying in Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... ng Ltd.'s Alipay system to provide the payment function for its Weibo users. The company also received equity investment from Alibaba in January this year. Mainland smartphone producers, such as Xiaom ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
Alipay, the third-party payment unit of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., gets more than half of its business from mobile transactions. It has more than 300 million users, of whom 54 percent use a mobile de ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
... oney from Alipay accounts to play the stock market. So is it a mad bull run in the making? Or is the 20 percent rally a sign of an over-brought market? As people scramble to open new accounts, is it a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
... work like Alipay in China, with the credit card info bundled with the application to make payment. The next step would be with the Octopus card. Lee said his firm will wait until Octopus introduces e- ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... service, Alipay, has 300 million active users, Ma said during an interview at the WSJD Live global technology conference in California on Monday night. Apple jumped into payments this month with the ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-28
... including Alipay, Yuebao, Zhaocaibao, micro-lending as well as online banking, the report said. Peng also revealed that the company is planning to add social networking services for Alipay to better c ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-17
Alibaba is looking to start a Hong Kong version of its popular Chinese money market fund, which pays higher rates on renminbi deposits than are available on conventional accounts. Its Alipay financial ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-29
... ss as its Alipay is China's most popular mobile payment platform. The iPhone maker has cooperated with global payment technology companies Visa, MasterCard and American Express on its mobile payment b ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-08
... like PPS, Alipay purchase card, and credit cards. --Contact the reporter at [email protected] JL ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
... ment with Alipay, a payment service provider affiliated to Alibaba.com parent Alibaba Group, Kasikornbank said in a statement Thursday. An integration between the Alipay platform and Kasikornbank's K- ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-14
In a restructuring ahead of its expected initial public offering, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is selling its small-business lending entity to the company that controls payments affiliate Alipay, the Fi ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-13
