“Alipay+, the provider of global cross-border digital payments and marketing solutions, has rolled out its first year-end promotion campaign with merchants across Asia and Europe, in collaboration with five Asian e-wallet partners: AlipayHK (Hong Kong SAR, China), GCash (Philippines), Kakao Pay (South Korea), TrueMoney (Thailand) and Touch ‘n Go eWallet (Malaysia). The promotion campaign is participated in by over one million merchants in retail, F&B, tourist attractions, and hospitality across major travel destinations where Alipay+ is accepted, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and various countries in Europe.”

“ASIA United Bank Corp. (AUB) has partnered with Alipay+ to enable the bank’s e-wallet, HelloMoney, for cross-border transactions and to provide an efficient payment experience for users whenever they go out of the country. In a statement on Wednesday, AUB said the move makes it the first Philippine lender with an e-wallet that can be used overseas. HelloMoney will be made acceptable first in South Korea and Japan through the partnership. It will allow users to pay merchants that accept Alipay+… “AUB has been a long-term partner to Ant Group, and we are excited to extend the partnership further to enable its e-wallet’s cross-border operations through Alipay+,” Alipay+ Global Partnerships, Ant Group General Manager Jia Hang said. Introduced by Ant Group, Alipay+ was designed to enable businesses to process a wide range of payment transactions and better serve regional and global clients. “Despite it being a relatively young e-wallet, HelloMoney has garnered strong growth and adoption momentum among users. Through this partnership, users of HelloMoney can rely on the e-wallet when they travel overseas, too, without the hassle of carrying cash or change currencies,” Mr. Hang said. AUB launched HelloMoney to let users digitally perform bank-to-bank fund transfers, buy prepaid load, remit money through PeraPadala, and transact using HelloMoney’s own virtual Mastercard.”

“Jack Ma co-founded Alibaba Group Holding Limited fintech affiliate Ant Group has found a way to scale up its QR code-enabled payments solution overseas.  Ant has been quietly forming partnerships with local payment providers in Asia. Ant built something akin to the Mastercard Inc or Visa Inc network for digital payments. It allows consumers to travel with their mobile wallet from home, TechCrunch reports. Ant dubs the payments processing network Alipay+ to distinguish it from Alipay, its consumer-facing wallet that has become ubiquitous in China. Alipay+ has integrated with 15 payment methods, allowing its partnered merchants to reach more than one billion consumers, Angel Zhao, president of international business at Ant Group, said during the Singapore Fintech Festival. To create a network effect, Alipay+ has been busy onboarding merchants. It supports over 2.5 million businesses around the world.”

“You might have seen Alipay+ advertisements as you roam on Singapore streets – as you walk along MRT stations, hop on a cab, go shopping at malls, or even head to Changi Airport to catch a flight.  Their ads are plastered almost everywhere, and more stores in Singapore are also carrying Alipay+ signs as an indication that they now accept this payment solution. This is a strong testament that Alipay+ is actively growing its presence here, but what exactly is Alipay+?”

“Alipay+, provider of global cross-border digital payment and marketing solutions, announced its merchant coverage has more than doubled to 2.5 million, as it continues working on connecting businesses to multiple digital payment methods by collaborating with acquirer partners. The payment methods merchants can adopt through one-time integration has now reached 15, so that they can tap over 1 billion e-wallet users and unlock the consumption potential of the mobile-savvy consumer.”

“Alipay+ and its e-wallet partner GCash were featured last week at the Philippines launch of SHEIN, the leading fashion and lifestyle global e-retailer’s first-ever popup store. The event showcased how Alipay+ utilized its payments and marketing solutions to engage the e-commerce giant and e-wallet users in a variety of online to brick-and-mortar scenarios through exclusive incentives. GCash users who visited the offline popup store and completed online payment through Alipay+ on SHEIN’s website or app enjoyed extra PHP130 off at checkout with promotion codes provided on site. Users whose online orders exceeded PHP2999 also won an exquisite magic blind box exclusively designed by Alipay+ for the four-day popup event, which started on October 20. The SHEIN event also attracted broad attention and participation from the public as those Alipay+ magic blind box winners enthusiastically shared their joyful moments at the popup store on social media, including Instagram to strike their best poses on the runway and at the photo booth with eye-catching clothes and accessories from the popup.”