The digital platform is transforming globalisation, allowing SMEs to trade globally & transact across borders. Before, only MNCs could do so. With support of
#tech
, young people are able to run global ops, said
@AntFinancial
Exec Chairman Eric Jing
@wef
CEO Luncheon by
@caixin
.
Exciting times ahead!
#India
’s
@PaytmMoney
, the wealth management arm of e-wallet
@Paytm
, who's also
@Alipay
's regional partner, will now be able to offer
#StockBroking
services such as investing & trading in equities, currency, commodities, ETFs and more.
Exciting moment!
@AlibabaGroup
Executive Chairman Jack Ma witnesses the very first
#GCashXAlipayHK
transaction by Mary Grace, an overseas Filipino worker, who transfers money to her friends and family back home in the
#Philippines
The facts of this Reuters article are inaccurate and the entire story is untrue and baseless. Divestment of Mr. Ma’s stake in Ant Group has never been the subject of discussions with anyone.
Ant Group, the parent company of China’s largest mobile payments business
@Alipay
and leading provider of financial services technology, has commenced the process of a concurrent IPO on Shanghai’s STAR market and
@HKEXGroup
. Read our statement below:
We’re excited to announce the soft launch of ANEXT Bank today. The Singapore-based digital bank wholly owned by
@AntGroup
provides digital financial services to
#SMEs
especially those engaging in cross-border operations. Read more here:
Today, we announced our goal to be
#carbonneutral
by 2030. We also detailed plans to bring down emissions through tech innovations, bolstering the urgent global efforts against
#climatechange
. With Chinese Tree Planting Day🌳🌲 coming soon, let's
#GoGreen
together!
Do you know
@Alipay
Ant Forest is not just about planting trees? The Alipay users can also help preserve habitats for over 1,500 species in China, including endangered ones like the beloved pandas, phayre's leaf monkey and black bears!
#AntForest
#Alipay
"This is a new starting point and significant step forward in accelerating
#techforgood
. We hope to work with local wallet partners to bring
#inclusivefinance
to large underserved populations in Asia and beyond."
@AntFinancial
Executive Chairman and CEO Eric Jing
#GCashXAlipayHK
#WHUer
exercise every day to accumulate steps and pay with
@Alipay
.Through these methods, green energy can be obtained in the Alipay Ant Forest. When the energy accumulates to a certain amount, it can be exchanged for a real tree and planted.
@antgroup
@arborday
#GoGreen
Congrats to Zhou Yun from Ant and other honorees of
@Forbes
China's 2021 Top 50 Women in Tech! Zhou is Ant's 3rd tech leader honored by Forbes, along with Yu Quan in 2020 and Yan Ying in 2019. Here's what she has to say to those who also dream of becoming successful
#womenintech
”The biggest risk is to do nothing, the biggest mistake is to do it alone,“ was
@UNDFTaskForce
member Eric Jing’s
#SDG
call to action in submitting the
#PeoplesMoney
report. Read how Ant bridges the gap by helping 10M SMEs during the pandemic & enabling 550M users to plant trees.
8.5 million SME merchants across China will be able to receive extra help in easing cashflow woes amid the
#coronavirus
outbreak. MYBank, an online private commercial bank &
@AntFinancial
brand, will be providing 12-month loans with lowered interest totalling US$2.88 billion. /1
Proud to release our first
#carbonneutral
roadmap on
#EarthDay
, following our net-zero emissions pledge in March. In this report, we detail a series of intermediate goals, including reducing absolute emissions by 30% by 2025. Read about our commitment
We are pleased to support Kenanga Investment Bank to build its wealth SuperApp in Malaysia with mPaaS, our mobile development platform. With our full range of digital solutions, we are committed to enabling and reinforcing trust for participants in the digital economy.
At the end of 2019, MYbank, an online private commercial bank under
@AntFinancial
, has served over 20M SMEs, as part of its 2018 Star Plan that aims to enable 1,000 financial institution partners to provide cost-effective financial services to 30M SMEs in China over three years.
Supporting farmers with
#digital
technology, Ant Group announced plans today to aid in the digitalization of local agricultural brands through
#blockchain
, add 600,000 new jobs every year, and make inclusive financial services accessible to 1,800 counties/districts in 3 years. 💪
On Mar 8, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) and Ant Group jointly announced the plan to establish an “AI in Finance Innovation Lab” to accelerate the application of AI technology in finance and economics.
#AIinFinance
#FintechInnovation
Exciting visit from Deputy PM Heng Swee Keat at
@sgfintechfest
! He explored Ant's ESG strategy, AI-driven SME green credit rating, Ant Forest, and talent program 10x1000 Tech for Inclusion, how ANEXT Bank serves SME clients and Alipay+ D-Store empowers businesses to go digital.
MYbank,
@AntFinancial
's online bank brand, will extend interest-free & low-interest loans to Taobao and Tmall merchants registered in Hubei. Another RMB10 billion in one-year loans will be available to merchants outside Hubei province with interest rates 20% below current levels.
Alibaba Group unveiled 20 measures to help SMEs in China affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The measures range from waived platform fees and interest-free loans to subsidized services and increased logistics efficiency. Read more below.
Congrats to Samuel Zeng, Senior Technical Advisor at Ant Technology Labs, for being named one of
@techreview
’s Innovators Under 35 in China for his work in
#IoT
payment tech for unmanned supermarkets
#Innovators35
Why hiring women coders should be a priority: aside from bringing empathy and compassion to the workplace, they tend to be more open to new techs and are detail-oriented, says Liu Xiaoying, director of payment technology in
@antgroup
.
#womenintech
#cybermulan
#womenempowerment
The bubble in cryptocurrencies may burst in 2 years, Eric Jing, chairman and CEO of Ant Financial, said in his keynote at China's World Internet Conference. And we will start to discover the real value of the blockchain technology.
#WIC2018
Leveraging digital technology,
@AntGroup
associate MYbank served over 45 million small-and-micro enterprise (SME) clients at the end of 2021, representing a nearly 30% increase. Read on to find out more:
#digitalbanking
MYbank, an online private commercial bank in China and an
@AntFinancial
brand, was established to help SMEs succeed thru accessible financing via digital tech. ∴ in this time of need, MYbank will too help small business owners w/ the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Blockchain tech has significant potential for applications beyond
#cryptocurrency
, in areas such as payments, finance and security. incoPat and IPRdaily's latest global
#blockchain
patent list show 8,412 patents were applied in 2019 with
@AlibabaGroup
/
@Alipay
leading in China.
Glad to be invited by
@wef
to contribute. As the report notes, digital trade will be more important than ever in our post
#COVID19
world, and digital payments are at the center of that. Proud to be leading that effort and helping SMEs with their
#DigitalTransformation
This Wednesday at Money 20/20 in Singapore, the entire future of fintech will be up for discussion. We’ll be with fintech leaders from all across SE Asia to learn about the challenges and opportunities ahead for both the region and the world
#AntTechnologyExplorationConference
This year marked the first time a
#fintech
industry leader participated in a knowledge sharing session at the
#ASEAN
Finance Ministers’ Retreat.
@AntFinancial
CEO Eric Jing shared his insight on how to leverage
#technology
to boost digital financial inclusion across
#Asia
.
Glad to be part of the
@Forbes
#Blockchain50
that celebrates top firms who use cutting-edge
#tech
to speed up business processes and increase transparency. Our propriety blockchain tech has facilitated billions in quick loans to cash constrained suppliers.
People gather at China’s Fujian to celebrate Alipay’s first “QR Code Merchants Summit”, as the firm announced to provide financial services and tech tools to support the country’s growing micro and small businesses.
How can farmers make more money with their
#agricultural
products? Answer:
#blockchain
. With product provenance by
@AntChain
, grapefruit🍊 from Ji'an, Jiangxi and black tea🍵 from Pu'an, Guizhou are now recognized by more consumers which help farmers increase their earnings.
@AntFinancial
is honored to be granted a virtual bank license in
#HongKong
. We’re excited to work closely with
#Asia
’s world city to further innovate and promote the development of
#fintech
and inclusive finance.
14 newly approved target-date retirement funds will become available on our tech-driven
#wealthmanagement
platform
#AntFortune
. Our users will have more investment options to plan for the long term. Read more here:
Congratulations to the team at OceanBase, the
#database
behind
@Alipay
, for being ranked No. 1 in the 30,000GB group of the TPC-H V3 Top Performance Results. Well done!
We are honored to have been named to the
@Forbes
#Blockchain
50 list every year since its start in 2018, one of the only seven companies that have made the list all four years. In addition, Ant Group is the only Chinese firm among the seven.
@antgroup
officially launched AntChain, a new brand for blockchain-based solutions, to further build trust for industries and our society in this digital age. Started as a side project in 2015, AntChain has now built the largest productivity
#blockchain
platform in China.
Glad to see more and more companies working on the development of
#privacy
tech, which is also one of the top priorities at Ant Group. Technology should not advance at the expense of users' privacy, but should better protect them. 💪
The "Security Technology Patent Analysis Report" recently released by
@IPRdaily
, which features data from PatSnap, recognizes Ant Group's leadership in transaction and privacy security patent applications. Ant Group ranked number one in the report with 3,806 patent applications.
@Antgroup
has been ranked industry leader of Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) in China in
@IDC
's latest MarketScape report. Per
@IDC
, BaaS is considered a basic
#blockchain
solution and plays a key role in supporting real-world applications that brings real value to businesses.
In a major stride within the Alipay+-in-China program, Ant Group empowers users of 10 prominent Asian e-wallets to pay seamlessly in the Chinese mainland, offering travelers a local-like experience ahead of the Hangzhou Asian Games. 🚀
#AlipayPlus
Congrats to our principal scientist Dr. He Zhengyu for being named as one of 2021
#YGLs
👏.
#finTech
innovations, including financial-grade
#cloudNative
computing Dr. He is exploring, will promote
#inclusiveFinance
and change the way financial services interact with more people!
We are excited to announce the new class of 2021
#YGLs
! These young leaders exemplify what we need most today: hope, empathy, authenticity, and driving solutions that change the world for the better. Meet the new class:
#ygl21
@AntFinancial
payments technology expert Ji Xu has been named one of
#MIT
Technology Review's 2018
#InnovatorsUnder35
! As a college dropout Xu joined
@Alipay
because "I believed it was a place that values technology." Here's more about Xu:
@techreview
Kudos to Ant Group brand ambassador, Qinwen Zheng “Queenwen”! Each swing breaks boundaries; every stroke fuels dreams. Your dynamic spirit and powerful brand of tennis ignite our inspiration. Here's to “more and better in the future” 💪🏼✨🎾
#AntGroup
#AusOpen
#qinwenzheng
Not too many people know about Dangshan County in China, a place only known for its booming pear industry. Since these juicy and sweet pears are so sought-after, many try to brand their pears as from Dangshan. That's where
#AntChain
comes in.
#Blockchain
According to Google Trends, interest in understanding how
#blockchain
technology works beyond
#cryptocurrency
has increased over the years. In 2020, we think that adoption of blockchain tech will be accelerated.
@Coindesk
Consensus virtual summit.
Nearly half of small businesses in China have reopened and are taking on new measures to protect staff and ensure service quality. According to a MYbank survey of 20K SMEs, 88% said they won't reduce headcount despite the impact of
#COVID19
. 38% said they were planning to hire!
"A partnership is like a marriage. We have to be very careful in choosing partners, which could take a year or 2. There're always ups and downs when doing business. So here's the key, find partners who can ride the ups and downs with you." - Hd of Intl Invt. Kenny Man
@RISEConfHQ
We are proud to reach carbon neutrality in our own operations since 2021, fulfilling a promise we made last year. Our next stop is net-zero carbon emissions by 2030.
Read here to find out more about our progress towards carbon neutrality:
#carbonneutral
With the help of AntChain, ports aren't only the place for cargos' loading, unloading and storage, but also a warm bed to build innovative service ecosystem and business model, said Li Yubin, the Chief Digital Officer of China Merchants Port Group.
#TechForGood
#port
#freight