Alipay mobile wallet launches in Taiwan

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The Chinese payments app has been moving its way into Taiwanese businesses since the start of the month. Alipay, the financial side of Chinese giant corporation, Alibaba, has announced that almost 3,500 businesses in Taiwan now accept its mobile wallet app to complete payment transactions in supermarkets, department stores, chain stores, telecoms and even street vendors. The official launch started at the beginning of December and the applications to take part have poured in. According to the Ant Financial Global Business-Taiwan director, Ray Gu, the rising number of visitors to…

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Prominent mobile commerce platform adds new features

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Alipay has new features that will make it more than a mobile wallet Alipay, the prominent mobile payments platform from Alibaba and Ant Financial, has introduced a new feature that may expand its influence. The service now has a peer-to-peer transfer and messaging feature, which will allow users to send money between one another using a simple transfer method. The messaging aspect of this feature will also allow users to send digital coupons to their friends, providing them with an effective way to share merchant deals. Messaging service provides users…

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Alibaba continues to dominate mobile commerce

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Mobile commerce has become a primary interest for Alibaba Alibaba is on a course for mobile commerce dominance. The Chinese company has become one of the most prominent Internet organizations in the world, having found major success in the e-commerce field. Taking note of the growing importance of mobile technology, Alibaba has begun to invest heavily in the mobile space, looking for ways to become a more powerful force in commerce by doing so. Alibaba has already made major strides in the mobile world, establishing itself as an insurmountable force…

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Alibaba shows off new technology for mobile payments

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Alibaba announces the Smile to Pay service, using facial recognition technology Alibaba has been showcasing some new technologies recently, including facial recognition technology that could change the way people pay for things. The company has announced a new service, called Smile to Pay, which is currently in a beta testing phase. Alibaba CEO Jack Ma showed off the new service during a recent event, which highlighted the way the service could be used to authorize mobile payments. The service could help add more security to the mobile commerce space, if…

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Apple may face challenges in bringing its mobile payments service to China

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Apple Pay could have trouble entering the Chinese market Apple may be facing a conflict with China’s banks and e-commerce companies as it seeks to bring its mobile payments service to the country. Following its initial success, Apple Pay is beginning to expand, but it could face severe competition from both Tencent and Alibaba, which currently dominate the Chinese mobile payments space. China is one of the largest and most active markets in the world, boasting of more than $960 in payments in 2014. Apple Pay trial finds modest success…

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