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June 20, 2025
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Ant International Empowers Partners to Serve Over 15 Million Customers Globally with Intelligent Credit Tech Solutions
Ant International
"Through its credit tech solutions, Ant International has enabled financial institutions and fintech companies to extend credit access to over 15 million customers, including micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in emerging markets. The Ant Credit Engine, one of the core innovative offerings developed by Ant International, is an intelligent and automated credit engine."
June 10, 2025
On the web
Deutsche Bank and Ant International Announce Strategic Partnership to Provide Integrated Cross-Border Payment Solutions to Global Merchants
Ant International
"Deutsche Bank and Ant International have announced their strategic partnership to provide payment solutions for businesses of all sizes in Europe and Asia, by combining their expertise and leveraging Ant International’s proprietary tokenisation and AI-based FX technology. The bank will collaborate with Ant International’s Embedded Finance unit on a series of global treasury management and cross-border payment innovations, including tokenised deposits, stablecoin, and its Time-Series Transformer (TST) FX Model."
June 4, 2025
Top Post
Ant International Rolls Out AI-as-a-Service for Fintechs, Superapps
Fintech Singapore
"Ant International has launched its new artificial intelligence platform, Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit, as part of a broader AI strategy aimed at helping fintech companies and super apps develop more secure and efficient financial services. The AI-as-a-Service platform is set to be officially deployed by its first external clients in Southeast Asia and South Asia starting June 2025."
April 16, 2025
On the web
Ant International’s WorldFirst Launches World Card to Simplify Payment for Global Commerce
Business Wire
"Ant International’s WorldFirst—an all-in-one digital cross-border payment and treasury account service for global businesses—has launched World Card, a Mastercard-enabled virtual card solution designed to help SMEs grow by simplifying global transactions and lowering operational costs."
March 21, 2025
On the web
Ant International Launches Embedded Finance Service for E-Commerce SMEs in Brazil
Ant Global
"Bettr, a leading AI-driven lending business under Ant International, announced its official launch in Brazil to expand small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending to support local and regional economic development by working with local partners. As a first move, it formed a strategic partnership with AliExpress to bring a new financing solution, Bettr Working Capital, to local merchants operating on AliExpress."
March 14, 2025
On the wires
President of Ant International: Working With All AI Models to Drive Asia Growth for Global Merchants
Business Wire
"Ant International connects 1.7 billion consumer accounts of 36 digital wallets, mainly in Asia, to 90 million merchants online and offline globally...Ant International has been working with partners around the world including JP Morgan, Standard Chartered, and HSBC on tokenised deposit solutions to move money and increase settlement efficiency. On the AI front, the company "keeps an open approach" as to model choices, and work with multiple foundational models in its merchant payment and financial solutions."
December 9, 2024
On the web
Ant International Joins Swift Program to Enhance Cross-Border Payment Solutions
Tech Edition
"Ant International has partnered with Swift’s Network Interoperability Reference Implementation program, marking a significant step towards enhancing cross-border treasury management solutions."
December 6, 2024
On the web
Ant International Deepens Payment and Digitalisation Ecosystem with AI-Driven Embedded Finance Solutions in Year of Transformation
Business Wire
"Alipay+ leads the industry in collaboration with 35 leading mobile payment partners, including e-wallets, banking apps and BNPL apps, etc., connecting over 90 million merchants in 66 markets to 1.6 billion user accounts. It has also formed strategic partnerships with national standardised QR schemes, such as Singapore’s SGQR, Malaysia’s PayNet, South Korea’s ZeroPay, Cambodia's KHQR, Nepal’s NepalPay QR and Sri Lanka's LankaPay."
July 15, 2024
On the web
BNP Paribas Collaborates With Ant International on Promoting Cross-Border Payment Solutions in Europe, and Tokenised Deposits for Global Treasury Management
Business Wire
"BNP Paribas and Ant International have formed a strategic partnership to enhance cross-border payment solutions for merchants and consumers in Europe."
July 9, 2024
On the web
Ant Intl Made Billions of JPM Coin Payments Using Programmability
Ledger Insights
"JP Morgan revealed that Ant International, the affiliate of China’s Alipay, has processed billions of dollars in transactions using JPM Coin. The revelation came as part of a whitepaper on programmable payments released by Onyx by JP Morgan and the MIT Digital Currency Initiative."
June 13, 2024
On the wires
Alipay+ Expands Global Merchants Coverage for Partner E-Wallets in UEFA EURO 2024™ Summer Craze
Business Wire
"As official payment sponsor of UEFA EURO 2024™, Alipay+, the cross-border mobile payment and digitalization technology solutions operated by Ant International, and its global partners gears up for an action-packed summer, expanding cross-border mobile payment acceptance and introducing exclusive campaigns with offers and benefits for Alipay+ partner e-wallets’ users in anticipation for the surge in travel."
March 29, 2024
On the wires
Ant International and Capital A to Form Strategic Partnership in Digital Payments, Financial Technologies, and Sustainability Promotion
Business Wire
"Ant International and Capital A Berhad, owner of AirAsia, have formed a strategic collaboration in various areas, exploring to integrate more local payments methods and providing payment orchestration services to Capital A’s platforms, work on digital marketing and sponsorship opportunities to drive business growth, and cooperate to create inclusive and sustainable impact."
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