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Everything You Wanted to Know About 020 But Forgot to Ask
Melanie LeeA few years ago, the mention of the term “O2O” elicited head-scratching stares from most of China’s half a billion Internet users. But today, these three characters are seen everywhere in...
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South Korea’s Leading E-shopping Mall Lotte.com to Offer Alipay
Melanie Lee Chinese e-payments provider Alipay has extended its Asian footprint to Lotte.com, South Korea’s leading online shopping mall, in a deal that will allow Chinese shoppers to purchase products...
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Singapore Resort Becomes First Asian Resort Outside Greater China to Accept...
Melanie LeeA popular Singapore resort and casino, Resorts World Sentosa, has become the first vacation spot outside Greater China to accept Alipay as a payment method, allowing Chinese tourists to...
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New Report Shows Where E-Commerce Is Flourishing In China
Melanie LeeWealthy cities located in the south and east of China are the roaring engines of growth when it comes to e-commerce, representing a high degree of online consumption and large number of...
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Alipay And Global Blue To Make Tax Refunds Easy For Chinese Tourists
Melanie Lee Alipay and Swiss tax-refund company Global Blue announced on Monday a service that will allow Chinese tourists to receive tax refunds on their shopping directly into their Alipay...
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In Southeast Asia, E-Payments Opportunities Abound for Alipay
Melanie Lee China’s largest e-payments provider recently announced a couple of deals that raised its profile in Singapore. In a Q&A with Alizila, Griffin Peng, Alipay’s head of business development...
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Yu'e Bao Fund Accumulates Over $92 Billion in Assets in One Year
Melanie LeeAlipay's Zeng Libao investment fund, aka the Yu'e Bao fund, had more than 100 million users and an eye-popping RMB 574.1 billion ($92 billion) in assets under management (AUM) at the end of...
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Tmall.com Introduces China to “Try Before You Buy” Online Shopping
Melanie LeeShoppers looking to buy a pair of jeans or even a wedding gown on Tmall.com now need not fret if the clothes don’t fit. They can simply return them to the seller, without any cost, under...
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Alibaba Group Fights Fake Drugs with Scannable Codes
Melanie Lee Alibaba Group today launched a scanning technology to make it easier for Chinese consumers to spot counterfeit pharmaceuticals using their mobile phones, offering some peace of mind to a...
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Tmall.com Wheels Out Interest-free Auto Loans
Susan WangCash-strapped Chinese consumers wanting to purchase vehicles on Tmall.com, China’s largest B2C shopping website, can now apply for interest-free car loans that allow them to pay off their...
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Alipay Sees Strong Growth in Cross-border Shopping [Infographic]
Alizila staffIn a bid to take advantage of increasingly adventurous Chinese online shoppers who are buying directly from foreign websites to get better prices on high-quality merchandise, Alipay,...
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Alipay Wallet Opens Its Platform to Merchants and Developers
Melanie LeeAlipay Wallet is stepping its efforts to push mobile commerce to its millions of Chinese users by giving merchants and software developers access to programming tools that will allow them to...
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Alipay, Huawei Roll Out Biometric Security for Mobile Payments
Melanie LeeUsers of a new Huawei smartphone equipped with a fingerprint reader will be able to make mobile e-payments without passwords using Alipay’s Wallet app, Alipay said in a press release...
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Airbnb and Alipay Make Globetrotting Easier For Chinese Tourists
Melanie LeeChinese tourists renting their holiday apartments on Airbnb can now pay using their Alipay accounts, Airbnb announced today.Unlike hotel rooms that can look pretty much the same, Airbnb...
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Alipay Helping More Western Companies Sell to China Consumers
Jim EricksonAlipay, China’s largest e-payments provider, is expanding beyond its core transactions-settlement business by providing Western merchants a direct online sales channel to Chinese...
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How Alibaba Group Plans to Make Its 11.11 Shopping Festival International
Melanie LeeWith more than one million items set to go on sale on AliExpress, Alibaba Group’s international shopping website, overseas consumers have a bargains binge to look forward to as China’s...
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Alibaba Group's Platforms and Their Role in This Year's 11.11 Sale
Alizila StaffThis year's 11.11 Shopping Festival will involve many of Alibaba Group's e-commerce platforms and affiliated companies. Here is a rundown of how the major parts of Alibaba's ecosystem are...
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Ant Financial Invests in Mobile Data Security Company
Jim EricksonAlibaba Group affiliate Ant Financial Services Group and China-based venture-capital fund IPV Capital are investing $12 million in a California start-up that is developing technology to...
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Alipay and Taobao Marketplace Expand Further in Australia
Melanie LeeChina’s top e-payment firm, Alipay, announced today it has established an office in Australia that will seek to increase cross-border trade between the two countries and bring Australian...
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Alipay Offering Chinese Tourists Local Transport Passes for Three Asian...
Melanie LeeChina’s top e-payment company, Alipay, is venturing deeper into the travel sector by launching a service that makes it easier for Chinese tourists to get around when they travel to three...
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