Alibaba's Taobao introduces Tencent's WeChat Pay, set to add JD Logistics

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Alipay sees surge in overseas visitors

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2024-10-08 A foreign visitor uses Alipay when making payment. The spending made by overseas visitors via Alipay, a popular mobile payment tool launched by Chinese fintech company Ant Group, surged about 120 percent year-on-year during the first four days of the weeklong National Day holiday, according to data released by Alipay. The amount of spending from foreign tourists, …

Chinese Alipay

3 months, 2 weeks ago

E-tailers help African businesses

China Daily

A view of the booth of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd during an e-commerce expo in Changsha, Hunan province. LIU XIANGJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese e-commerce platforms are investing more resources to expand their presence in Africa, helping local farmers sell their specialties, providing related cross-border e-commerce training courses and facilitating the digital transformation of local enterprises, as part of a broader …

China Trade Local South Africa Products Online Chinese

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Price tag on WeChat could cost Apple dearly

China Daily

The Apple Inc logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, the US on Oct 16, 2019. Apple's response to widespread rumors that the new iPhone operating system might not continue supporting the popular chatting app WeChat, or that the app might even no longer be available on Apple Store, …

Apple Iphone Users Wechat Billion App

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Price tag on WeChat could cost Apple dearly

China Daily

The Apple Inc logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, the US on Oct 16, 2019. Apple's response to widespread rumors that the new iPhone operating system might not continue supporting the popular chatting app WeChat, or that the app might even no longer be available on Apple Store, …

Apple App Iphone Users Wechat

4 months, 1 week ago

J&T Express and Three Sheep Group sign deal to expand global footprint

China Daily

The partnership between a Chinese logistics provider and an e-commerce company has been solidified to advance cross-border e-commerce and logistics services. J&T Express, a major Chinese logistics provider, and Three Sheep Group, an e-commerce company, have recently signed a global strategic cooperation agreement. By leveraging J&T Express’ extensive logistics network, Three Sheep Group’s clients will gain enhanced logistics support, potentially …

China Logistics Express Group Southeast Asia Sheep Global Footprint

5 months ago

Behind China's growing appeal to intl travelers

China Daily

Clouds in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area of Zhangjiajie in Hunan province evoke scenes from the Hollywood movie Avatar, which based its scenes of floating mountains on this area. Travel made easy According to a recent survey conducted by Beijing Foreign Studies University, among 714 foreign tourists from 103 countries, 86 percent of those who have visited China said the payment …

Travel Policy China Payment Chinese Shanghai Foreign

5 months, 1 week ago

Behind China's growing appeal to intl travelers

China Daily

Clouds in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area of Zhangjiajie in Hunan province evoke scenes from the Hollywood movie Avatar, which based its scenes of floating mountains on this area. Travel made easy According to a recent survey conducted by Beijing Foreign Studies University, among 714 foreign tourists from 103 countries, 86 percent of those who have visited China said the payment …

Travel Policy China Payment Chinese Shanghai Foreign

5 months, 1 week ago

Behind China's growing appeal to intl travelers

China Daily

Clouds in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area of Zhangjiajie in Hunan province evoke scenes from the Hollywood movie Avatar, which based its scenes of floating mountains on this area. Travel made easy According to a recent survey conducted by Beijing Foreign Studies University, among 714 foreign tourists from 103 countries, 86 percent of those who have visited China said the payment …

Travel Policy China Payment Chinese Shanghai Foreign

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Beijing provides online drug purchasing service for insured individuals

China Daily

Following Shanghai and several cities in Guangdong province, Beijing has also begun to provide online drug purchase services through individual medical insurance accounts, covering 300 pharmacies city-wide, starting Monday, to better facilitate the public in purchasing medicines. The Beijing Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau announced on Monday that insured individuals in Beijing can use their medical insurance personal accounts on the …

Insurance Medical Drugs Online Beijing Drug Insured Individuals

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese couriers rapidly expanding global reach

China Daily

Employees sort packages at a warehouse of Cainiao Group in Guadalajara, Spain, in November 2020. Chinese courier companies are ratcheting up resources to enhance the efficiency of cross-border e-commerce logistics and build global delivery networks in a bid to expand their presence in overseas markets and meet growing demand for e-commerce logistics services from local consumers. Cainiao Group, the logistics …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Apps simplify expense steps for foreign users

China Daily

Chinese mobile payment service providers are making it easier for overseas visitors to pay for their daily purchases online, as part of a broader drive by the nation to improve the payment experiences of foreigners. Alipay allows foreigners in China to link their international bank cards, including Visa, Mastercard, JCB and Discover Global Network, to its mobile payment tool, greatly …

China Services Payments Mobile Payments Mobile Bank Foreigners

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Visitors to benefit from payments revamp

China Daily

Visitors purchase cashmere products through mobile payment methods during the 20th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in September. The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, and the Beijing municipal government jointly held a meeting on March 28 to enhance payment services, as part of the country's strong push to simplify the payment process for foreign …

China Bank Payment Foreign

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Apps simplify expense steps for foreign users

China Daily

A foreign resident uses a mobile payment app at a restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Alipay allows foreigners in China to link their international bank cards, including Visa, Mastercard, JCB and Discover Global Network, to its mobile payment tool, greatly streamlining the payment process, said Zhu Xugang, director of cross-border business at Ant Group. According to the payment guide, no …

China Services Payments Mobile Payments Mobile Bank Foreigners

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ant Group simplifies payment experience for foreigners, elderly

China Daily

Ant Group plans to expand mobile payment methods and build more international consumer-friendly zones across major tourist hot spots and commercial cities in China, as part of a broader push by the financial technology company to simplify payment services for foreigners in the country. The company will improve payment services at locations most frequented by foreign visitors, including key transportation …

International China Services Mobile Foreigners Overseas Ant

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ant Group simplifies payment experience for foreigners, elderly

China Daily

A foreign tourist pays via Alipay at a store in Beijing. Ant Group plans to expand mobile payment methods and build more international consumer-friendly zones across major tourist hot spots and commercial cities in China, as part of a broader push by the financial technology company to simplify payment services for foreigners in the country. The company will improve payment …

International China Mobile Foreigners Overseas Ant Payment Services

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Visitors to benefit from payments revamp

China Daily

Visitors purchase cashmere products through mobile payment methods during the 20th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in September. The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, and the Beijing municipal government jointly held a meeting on March 28 to enhance payment services, as part of the country's strong push to simplify the payment process for foreign …

China Payment Foreign Bank

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Alibaba scraps planned IPO of Cainiao logistics unit as it doubles down on e-commerce

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Alibaba Group Holding on Tuesday said it had scrapped plans to list its logistics unit Cainiao in Hong Kong, as it looks to prioritize growing its e-commerce business while facing challenging IPO market conditions. Alibaba said Tuesday that it was withdrawing its initial public offering and listing application, and instead proposes purchasing all outstanding shares of Cainiao …

Business Logistics Unit Ipo Cainiao Alibaba

9 months ago

Sales jump as e-commerce platform offers free shipping service to Xinjiang

China Daily

There is good news for online shoppers in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as the benefit of free shipping is now available for them. The free shipping service announcement was followed by a surge in orders on Taobao and Tmall, both online marketplaces of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, from Xinjiang. Since the announcement, the proportion of users complaining about "lack …

Online Region Logistics Express Xinjiang Free Taobao

9 months ago

Multilingual Alipay to enhance foreigners' e-payment experiences

China Daily

By FAN FEIFEI | China Daily | Updated: 2024-03-19 09:04 A foreigner pays via Alipay at a shop in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY Alipay, the digital payment arm of Chinese financial technology company Ant Group, is allocating more resources to roll out translation services in 16 languages, to ensure foreigners in China can use mobile payments without any hurdles. Alipay has …

China Services Payments Mobile Payments Mobile Foreigners Payment

9 months, 1 week ago

Payment guide seen as assisting opening-up

China Daily

The recently released guide to further improve foreigners' payment experiences in China is not only part of the country's continued opening-up but is also conducive to the internationalization of its financial sector, said experts. The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, released on Thursday a payment guide which provides foreigners with text and graphic instructions on using bank …

China Market Mobile Bank Foreigners Payment Chinese

9 months, 1 week ago

PBOC releases guide to payment services for foreigners

China Daily

The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, has released a guide to payment services in China on Thursday as the latest step of the country's continuous efforts to optimize the payment experience of foreigners. Available in both English and Chinese, the guide introduces a variety of payment methods accessible to foreigners in China -- ranging from bank cards …

China Payment Payment Services

9 months, 1 week ago

PBOC releases guide to payment services for foreigners

China Daily

The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, has released a guide to payment services in China on Thursday as the latest step of the country's continuous efforts to optimize the payment experience of foreigners. Available in both English and Chinese, the guide introduces a variety of payment methods accessible to foreigners in China -- ranging from bank cards …

China Payment Payment Services Pboc Releases

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Simplified payments to facilitate foreign visitors

China Daily

Quick Response codes for digital payment services Alipay by Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, and WeChat Pay by Tencent Holdings Ltd, at a food store in Shenzhen, China, on Monday, Feb 12, 2024. The General Office of the State Council, China's Cabinet, published a guideline on improving payment services and enhancing payment convenience on Thursday as …

China Mobile Payments Mobile Chinese Foreign Visitors Efforts

9 months, 2 weeks ago

AlipayHK accepted for metro in Guangzhou

China Daily

A logo of Alipay. Passengers from Hong Kong using AlipayHK, the version of Alipay in the special administrative region, can use their QR codes for payments while traveling on public transportation in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, starting on Monday, said the local metro company. Using the AlipayHK QR code for travel payments will be settled in Hong Kong dollars, …

Hong Kong Payment Metro Public Transportation Kong Hong Lee

10 months ago

Cainiao, JD, SF among logistics firms on global march

China Daily

Employees work at a logistics warehouse of Cainiao Group in Madrid, Spain, in July. Cainiao Group, the logistics arm of Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, has recently enhanced the efficiency of its direct import shipping logistics services, allowing domestic consumers who buy products from cross-border import e-commerce platforms to receive their goods in just five working days. Consolidated …

Global International Europe France Delivery Logistics Service

1 year, 2 months ago

Alibaba's logistics unit launches half-day delivery service

China Daily

An employee arranges packages at a Cainiao Network logistics center in Guadalajara, Spain, in November. Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, has rolled out its half-day express delivery service in Beijing before the upcoming Singles Day shopping carnival, as part of its broader push to boost the logistics and delivery efficiency. Currently, the …

Cainiao

1 year, 2 months ago

This year’s hottest tech IPO may be a transportation firm

Live Mint

Share debuts among technology companies haven’t inspired confidence this year, with two of the largest offerings sliding below their listing prices within the first week. Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Ltd. is nominally considered a technology company, chiefly because it’s a spinoff from Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. A reported $1 billion share sale in Hong Kong would put …

China Tech Chinese Ipo Cainiao Alibaba

1 year, 4 months ago

Global card linkage will help users, merchants

China Daily

A recent decision by WeChat Pay and Alipay to fully open up their online payment services to international card organizations such as Mastercard, Visa, JCB and Discover Global Network will offer greater convenience to global users in mobile payments and enable millions of small merchants to tap overseas purchases, industry experts have said. "China's mobile payment has leapfrogged to become …

International China Mobile Payments Mobile Pay Payment Chinese

1 year, 4 months ago

Global card linkage will help users, merchants

China Daily

A recent decision by WeChat Pay and Alipay to fully open up their online payment services to international card organizations such as Mastercard, Visa, JCB and Discover Global Network will offer greater convenience to global users in mobile payments and enable millions of small merchants to tap overseas purchases, industry experts have said. "China's mobile payment has leapfrogged to become …

International China Mobile Payments Mobile Pay Payment Card

1 year, 4 months ago

Alipay: overseas tourists can enjoy mobile payment across China

China Daily

The logo of Alipay is seen in Shanghai on March 5, 2021. Alipay, the mobile payment tool owned by Chinese financial technology company Ant Group, announced on Friday that it has allowed overseas tourists to link their international bank cards to the Alipay app. After downloading the Alipay app, signing up to register and link an overseas bank card issued …

China Payment Mobile Payment Overseas International Travelers Alipay Overseas Tourists

1 year, 4 months ago

Alipay: overseas tourists can enjoy mobile payment across China

China Daily

The logo of Alipay is seen in Shanghai on March 5, 2021. Alipay, the mobile payment tool owned by Chinese financial technology company Ant Group, announced on Friday that it has allowed overseas tourists to link their international bank cards to the Alipay app. After downloading the Alipay app, signing up to register and link an overseas bank card issued …

International China Payment Mobile Payment Overseas Alipay Overseas Tourists

1 year, 4 months ago

Alipay: overseas tourists can enjoy mobile payment across China

China Daily

The logo of Alipay is seen in Shanghai on March 5, 2021. Alipay, the mobile payment tool owned by Chinese financial technology company Ant Group, announced on Friday that it has allowed overseas tourists to link their international bank cards to the Alipay app. After downloading the Alipay app, signing up to register and link an overseas bank card issued …

International China Mobile Payment Overseas Alipay Bank Cards Overseas Tourists

1 year, 8 months ago

China's Alibaba rolls out ChatGPT rival Tongyi Qianwen

Hindustan Times

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will integrate its new artificial intelligence model in Amazon Echo-like smart speakers as well as office chat software, joining the race to offer a competitor to ChatGPT for the Chinese market. The large language model — dubbed Tongyi Qianwen, roughly translated to “Truth from a Thousand Questions” — will be incorporated across all of Alibaba’s products …

China Tech Cloud Model Chinese Zhang Ai

2 years, 1 month ago

Xu Lei, chief executive officer of JD.com

China Daily

Xu Lei, chief executive officer of JD.com The World Internet Conference Representative Symposium was held on Nov 8, in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang province. On the meeting, Xu Lei, chief executive officer of JD.com, said Chinese enterprises are taking the lead in building digitized and intellectualized supply chains, and especially in enhancing synergies between different supply chains. JD.COM realized connections …

Chief Executive Officer Inventory Network Xu Lei

2 years, 6 months ago

U.S. bill would bar Google, Apple from hosting apps that accept China’s digital yuan

The Hindu

Republican senators want to bar U.S. app stores including Apple and Google from hosting apps that allow payments to be made with China's digital currency, amid fears the payment system could allow Beijing to spy on Americans. It is According to Cotton's office, digital yuan could provide the Chinese government with "real-time visibility into all transactions on the network, posing …

China Chinese Google Apple Digital Yuan

3 years ago

China’s digital currency challenge: Winning hearts and minds

Live Mint

China has convinced financial policy makers everywhere of its resolve to create a digital version of its currency, even helping to spur the Federal Reserve to study developing an electronic version of the dollar. Two payment services—Ant Group Co.’s Alipay and the pay function within Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s WeChat app—have already transformed urban China into a seemingly cashless society in …

China Bank Pay Currency Payment Beijing Central

3 years ago

Alipay, UnionPay agree mobile payment deal for interconnectivity

China Daily

China Bank Payment Code Alipay Unionpay Interconnectivity

3 years, 1 month ago

Google Pay To Get Hinglish, Ability To Pay Directly To Bank Account By Voice Soon

ABP News

New Delhi: Intending to simplify digital payments, at the Google For India 2021 event, the search engine behemoth on Thursday announced an industry-first feature and also a first for Google globally -- the option of Hinglish -- a conversational hybrid of Hindi and English -- on Google Pay payments app. Google India announced the upcoming launch of the speech-to-text feature, …

India Google Feature Google Pay Hinglish Pay App Voice Soon

3 years, 1 month ago

BEST launches new logistics service

China Daily

Trade between China and Southeast Asia continues to surge during COVID-19 As presales for the Double 11 shopping festival－China's most iconic annual online and offline shopping gala－have already kicked off in October, BEST Inc, a Hangzhou, Zhejiang province-based integrated supply chain and logistics solutions provider, has launched a cross-border logistics service to help consumers in Southeast Asian countries purchase goods …

Global Shopping Vietnam Singapore China Trade Service

3 years, 3 months ago

Amazon Pay For Business Gets Voice Alerts Similar To Paytm Announcement At Shops

News 18

Amazon Pay has announced the launch of voice notifications for the Amazon Pay for Business app. The Amazon Pay for Business app enables small merchants to manage their day-to-day transactions and accept digital payments. Instead of making merchants look up their phone for notifications, the Amazon Pay app simply provides an audio confirmation of received payments, thus enabling merchants to …

Business Payments Amazon Pay App Merchants Paytm

3 years, 4 months ago

WeChat temporarily suspends new user registrations

CNN

Hong Kong/London CNN Business — WeChat is suspending all new user registrations until early August, the popular social messaging app announced on Tuesday. In a brief post on social media, WeChat, known as Weixin in China, said the suspension relates to an upgrade of security technology “according to relevant laws and regulations.” “In the meantime, the registration of new WeChat …

China Tech Hong Kong Chinese Wechat Weixin

3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon Pay Later Hits Two Million Customer Sign-Ups in India In Just a Year After Launch

News 18

Amazon Pay has announced that its Pay Later service has clocked over two million sign-ups. The e-commerce company explains that Amazon Pay Later is a payment method where banks and financial institutions offer an instant credit line to customers with an easy digital sign-up process. Amazon Pay Later provides a seamless payment experience with in-built security features and empowers our …

India Amazon Pay Customers Customer Later Pay Later

3 years, 8 months ago

Jining builds a smart warehouse to boost e-commerce industry

China Daily

The first JD Smart Warehouse in Jining, East China's Shandong province started operation on March 31. The warehouse is expected to provide effective logistics services to e-commerce companies and promote the sector's high-quality development. Co-founded by Jining Transportation Group and Jingdong Logistics, which is a subsidiary of the e-commerce giant JD, the smart warehouse is the first one of its …

Warehouse Jining

3 years, 9 months ago

Shopping Therapy? Your Favorite Store Gets An Advantage If They Receive Bill Payments With Paytm

News 18

India’s leading digital payments platform Paytm is really upping the stakes in the competition between payments gateway services. The company says that their All-In-One Payment Gateway services gives merchants the ability to accept and process online payments, with quicker payment settlement timelines and significantly lower transactions fees across the board—in fact, there is absolutely no transaction fees for any payments …

Payments Digital Payments Digital Payment Cards Transaction Debit Cards

3 years, 11 months ago

Unmanned aerial vehicles revolutionizing logistics, delivery services in China

China Daily

An aerial supply drone of e-commerce platform JD takes off in Suqian, Jiangsu province, to deliver goods to a nearby village. Chinese logistics companies are beefing up efforts to apply unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as drones, to logistics and delivery activities, as part of a broader drive to enhance logistics efficiency and lower delivery costs in rural areas, as …

China Logistics Indonesia Company Drone Delivery Services Chinese

3 years, 11 months ago

Unmanned aerial vehicles revolutionizing logistics, delivery services in China

China Daily

An aerial supply drone of e-commerce platform JD takes off in Suqian, Jiangsu province, to deliver goods to a nearby village. Chinese logistics companies are beefing up efforts to apply unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as drones, to logistics and delivery activities, as part of a broader drive to enhance logistics efficiency and lower delivery costs in rural areas, as …

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