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At LEAP 2025 Tech Conference in Riyadh, Alipay+ signed a Memorandum of Understanding with barq, Saudi Arabia’s digital wallet app, to establish a formal commitment of future collaboration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The cooperation aims to support the development of digital payments in line with the Kingdom's Vision 2030.   “We’re delighted to mark the first stage of our partnership with barq via this MoU signing” Leiming Chen, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer of Ant International commented, “LEAP is a global platform for KSA’s biggest innovators and fintech leaders. There is no better setting to join hands with barq and together with Alipay+ to foster innovation and inclusion in the Kingdom through cross-border payments and mobile services for inbound and outbound travellers.”    Mr. Faisal Al-khamissi, Chairman of barq, expressed his delight with the agreement, stating: "I am proud and pleased to sign this Memorandum of Understanding with our esteemed partners at Alipay+, a leading global payment solution. We are honoured to be part of Alipay+'s worldwide expansion, and we hope this significant step will soon provide barq customers with more solutions and benefits that make their experience faster, easier, more flexible, and secure, aligning with our goal of achieving their satisfaction and meeting their expectations."   Pending regulatory approvals, the MoU paves the way forward for barq to partner with Alipay+ to facilitate travel and shopping experiences of its customers as well as to promote tourism in the Kingdom.    Alipay+, Ant International's unified gateway service, partners with over 35 digital wallets and banking apps globally, enabling 1.6 billion user accounts to pay as a local at more than 90 million merchants across 66 markets, as well as providing business owners with a suite of marketing and embedded services. 

Alipay+ and our global partners gear up to welcome travellers this Chinese New Year, the first travel peak of the year. More than 90 million merchants are leveraging Alipay+ solutions to enhance cross-border payments, in-app marketing and digital services development to engage and retain customers who want to leverage technology to enhance their travel experience. As global tourism transitions from a year of recovery to a year of growth in 2025, Ant International will continue to offer more innovative ways for businesses to transform and benefit from the continued growth. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gdbQCGjX #AlipayPlus #travel #tourism

🎉 Celebrating Chinese New Year in Turkiye! 🎉  As we approach Chinese New Year, we're thrilled to share the exciting partnership between Alipay+ for EMEA and Unifree Duty Free situated in the heart of iGA Istanbul Airport! ✈️ Unifree Duty Free is one of the leading travel retailers, stocking over 1,000 global and local brands and carrying over 35,000 products, providing a unique shopping experience to passengers all over the world. Together, we’re making it easier than ever for tourists and shoppers to enjoy a smooth and seamless shopping experience at the airport through the integration of Alipay+. With convenient and secure payment options tailored to the users’ preferences, we’re bridging cultures and enhancing global connections. 🌏💳 ✨🐍 To all celebrating, we wish you a Happy Lunar New Year filled with prosperity and happiness! 🧧 And for Alipay+ users traveling through Instanbul Airport, don’t miss the out on the special promotional discounts at Unifree Duty Free as you ring in the Year of the Serpent!

Coinciding with Spring Festival celebrations around the world, Carrefour UAE has introduced Alipay+ to two of its flagship stores in the country, further elevating the experience for global travelers and enabling Alipay+ users to make seamless cross-border mobile payments just as they would at home.   Alipay+ users travelling to Dubai who visit Carrefour at Mall Of The Emirates or City Centre Deira will benefit from access to a dedicated express checkout lane, enhancing the in-store customer experience. Additionally, they can enjoy special promotions in celebration of the Chinese New Year.    #AlipayPlus #CarrefourUAE #crossborderpayments

Happy Spring Festival to our partners, friends, and all who are celebrating! Ant International - Antom, Alipay+, Bettr, WorldFirst - wishes you great festivities, and an abundance of health and prosperity in the year of the snake 🐍

Welcome BigPay to the Alipay+ ecosystem, enabling Southeast Asian travellers to simply use their BigPay app to make mobile payments at top global destinations ✈️ Here's to pioneering more digital innovations with our partners to create greater simplicity and convenience for all users 🤝🏻 #AlipayPlus #Partnerships #MobilePayments #Travel

Alipay+, part of Ant International, is excited to announce the extension of its successful partnership with Qinwen Zheng, the rising tennis legend and Olympic gold medalist. This renewed collaboration marks a new chapter in striving for excellence, while inspiring and engaging our community globally. #AlipayPlus #AntInternational

Merry Christmas and happy holidays 🎄🥳 Hear from our payment partners on how through our close collaborations with our global merchants, they can enable their users to enjoy seamless payments and exclusive rewards this year end. Happy traveling and here’s to a more prosperous 2025!

Ant International deepens its payment and digitalisation ecosystem in year of transformation - recording robust growth across its four key pillar businesses: Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and Embedded finance Highlights: ✅ Alipay+: Now collaborating with 35 leading mobile payment partners, connecting over 90 million merchants in 66 markets to 1.6 billion user accounts; >90% of merchants accepting payments via Alipay+ are SMEs; 3 times growth in Alipay+ cross-border transactions ✅ Antom: Total Payment Volume (TPV) nearly doubled and card processing volume grew 10 times year-on-year; new innovations launched such as Antom Copilot and Antom EasySafePay to further enhance growth and efficiency for merchants ✅ WorldFirst: Accumulatively served more than 1 million SMEs globally, with a total TPV surpassing US$300 billion; expanding footprint from Asia and Europe to the rest of the world. ✅ Embedded finance: Our Credit Tech and Platform Tech leverage cutting-edge AI and blockchain technologies to innovate secure, end-to-end embedded finance solutions to clients and partners across Alipay+, Antom and WorldFirst; FX solutions has accuracy of >90%, significantly lowering cost and uncertainty; building on ANEXT Bank and launched new inclusive credit service bettr, supporting 11 million users in developing markets Peng Yang, CEO of Ant International said: "In 2025, we will continue to be laser-focused on supporting SMEs across borders with AI-powered innovative and trusted payment, digitalisation, and inclusive financing solutions through expanded public- and private-sector collaboration." Read more: https://lnkd.in/gTsFATvh

Alipay+, Tourism Malaysia and Pavilion KL teamed up to launch the nationwide Malaysia Year-End Sale (MYES). This annual shopping extravaganza—back after a four-year hiatus—celebrates Malaysia as a premier shopping destination, offering travelers an enhanced shopping experience with exciting deals, enticing discounts, and irresistible sales. The MYES campaign is expected to significantly contribute to Malaysia’s tourism revenue, and is supported by shopping mall operators, hotel associations, travel agencies, airlines, KTMB, and other local tourism industry players. Alipay+ connects merchants in Malaysia with 13 international payment partners, and Pavilion KL has also recently enabled Alipay+ acceptance, ensuring most merchants within the mall can accommodate cross-border mobile payments. #AlipayPlus #Travel #Tourism