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Alipay

Third-party payment platform

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Alipay (China) Network Technology Co., Ltd.[1] is a domestic third-party payment platform dedicated to providing "simple, safe and fast" payment solutions[2][2]. Since its establishment in 2004, Alipay has always regarded "trust" as the core of its products and services. It has two independent brands: "Alipay" and "Alipay Wallet". Since the second quarter of 2014, it has become the world's largest mobile payment manufacturer.

Alipay has established strategic partnerships with more than 180 banks at home and abroad, as well as international organizations such as VISA and MasterCard, becoming the most trusted partner of financial institutions in the field of electronic payment.

In February 2020, the Nepalese central bank issued a license to Alipay. [3]

In July 2020, Alipay, Aiou Technology, etc. were selected into the list of outstanding blockchain solutions to fight the epidemic. [4]

Chinese name

Alipay

Foreign name

Alipay

Type

Third-party payment platform

Payment method

Electronic payment, mobile payment

Establishment date

December 8, 2004

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Development History

On October 18, 2003, Taobao launched Alipay service for the first time.

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Alipay, Zhidao

In 2004, Alipay was separated from Taobao and gradually provided payment to more partners. services and developed into the largest third-party payment platform in China.

On December 8, 2004, Zhejiang Alipay Network Technology Co., Ltd. was established.

On February 2, 2005, Alipay launched "full compensation" payment and made a promise of "if you dare to use it, I dare to compensate you".

On February 27, 2008, Alipay released its mobile e-commerce strategy and launched mobile payment services.

On October 25, 2008, Alipay public utility payment was officially launched, supporting payment for water, electricity, coal, communications, etc.

On December 23, 2010, Alipay cooperated with Bank of China to launch credit card quick payment for the first time.

On May 26, 2011, Alipay obtained the country’s first “Payment Business License” (also known as “Payment License” in the industry) issued by the Central Bank.

In June 2013, Alipay launched the account balance value-added service "Yu'E Bao". Through Yu'E Bao, users can not only get higher returns, but also pay and transfer money at any time without any fees.

On November 13, 2013, the number of Alipay mobile payment users exceeded 100 million, and the number of "Alipay Wallet" users reached 100 million. Alipay Wallet was officially announced as an independent brand.

On November 30, 2013, the 12306 website supported Alipay for purchasing train tickets.

On December 31, 2013, Alipay’s real-name authentication users exceeded 300 million.

In 2013, Alipay completed more than 2.78 billion mobile payments with an amount exceeding 900 billion yuan, making it the world's largest mobile payment company.

Data from iResearch shows that since the first quarter of 2013, Alipay’s share of the mobile Internet payment market has gradually increased from 67.6 to 78.4, ranking first.

As of the end of 2013, the number of Alipay real-name authenticated users exceeded 300 million. In 2013, the peak number of Alipay transactions in a single day reached 188 million.

Among them, the peak number of mobile payment transactions in a single day reached 45.18 million, and the peak daily transaction volume of mobile payment reached 11.3 billion yuan.

On February 28, 2014, the number of Yu’e Bao users exceeded 81 million.

On March 20, 2014, Alipay’s daily mobile payments exceeded 25 million.

In 2015, Alipay wallet version 8.5 added a "My Friends" tab under the wallet's "Explore" secondary page. After entering the transfer interface, you can directly send text, Voice, picture and other information. [7]

On May 27, 2015, Alipay experienced a malfunction. Response: Hangzhou’s optical fiber was dug out[8].

On July 8, 2015, Alipay released the latest version 9.0, adding two new first-level entrances, "Merchant" and "Friends", replacing the "Service Window" and "Explore" respectively. It has entered the field of offline life services and social networking. In addition, a series of functions such as family accounts, IOUs, and group accounts have been added.

Starting from September 25, 2015, Alipay and McDonald’s will cooperate in big data. McDonald’s in Shanghai will be able to use Alipay to pay, and will be further promoted to stores nationwide. [9]

On January 12, 2016, Ant Financial released the 2015 Alipay annual bill. The bill shows that the Internet economy continued to maintain rapid growth in 2015. In 2015, the number of mobile payments accounted for 65% of the total, while in 2014 the number was 49.3%. [10]

On May 20, 2016, Samsung mobile payment service Samsung Pay and Alipay officially announced their cooperation. Users can quickly bring up Alipay’s payment interface on Samsung mobile phones by sliding up the screen. [11]

On May 31, 2016, the medical insurance mobile payment platform jointly launched by Alipay and the Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau began trial operation in 6 hospitals in Shenzhen [12].

In August 2016, Alipay and WeChat both obtained the first batch of payment licenses in Hong Kong, intending to compete for new markets [13].

In September 2016, it was announced that Alipay would charge a service fee of 0.1 for individual users’ withdrawals exceeding the free limit starting from October 12, 2016. Each individual user can enjoy a basic free withdrawal of 20,000 yuan in total. Quota.

On November 1, 2016, Alipay entered the Apple App Store. Mainland Chinese users can already see the addition of Alipay in the payment methods and recharge areas of the App Store, which can be used to purchase applications and recharge accounts. , or pay for subscription services such as Apple Music, etc. [14]

On the afternoon of November 27, 2016, following the "High-End Singles Dating Circle", Alipay launched "White-Collar Diary" and "Campus Diary" on a small scale. This feature is still in the grayscale testing stage.

On November 29, 2016, in response to the recent controversy caused by Alipay’s “Campus Diary” and other circles, Peng Lei, chairman of Alipay’s parent company Ant Financial, today issued an internal letter to apologize and posted on the intranet : Never blame others for what you have done wrong! [15]

On December 6, Alipay announced that it had signed cooperation agreements with four European financial service institutions to provide services to Chinese consumers traveling overseas. This move is expected to expand Alipay's number of cooperative retail stores abroad by nearly nine times. [16]

On December 23, 2016, Alipay launched Alipay version 10.0, bringing Alipay AR real-life Alipay red envelope gameplay. [17]

On January 3, 2017, Alipay launched a charity account, and each ordinary user’s charity footprint and loving “assets” can be recorded and queried. [18]

On January 5, 2017, Alipay launched the 2016 personal annual bill. [19]

On May 24, 2017, Alipay announced the launch of the Hong Kong version of its electronic wallet - Alipay HK, officially providing cashless services to Hong Kong residents.

After the Hong Kong version of Alipay is launched, all Hong Kong residents can use Alipay by binding a local bank credit card in Hong Kong or recharging their balance, and pay directly in Hong Kong dollars.

This is the first time Alipay has released an App version outside mainland China. Alipay first began serving the Hong Kong market in 2007. In August last year, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a third-party payment license. Alipay Hong Kong became the first batch of payment license recipients to provide digital financial services to local users. After more than half a year of preparation, the Hong Kong version of Alipay is finally online.

Functionally, the Hong Kong version of Alipay provides three major services: scan code payment, merchant discounts and stamp collection. The experience of scanning the code to pay is exactly the same as that in the Mainland. Just open the payment code and let the merchant scan it to complete the payment.

The Hong Kong version of Alipay will gradually open functions such as phone bill recharge, water, electricity and gas payment, transfer, taxi, insurance and other functions, so that the "cashless" life of Hong Kong people will be in line with the mainland. [20]

In June 2017, Monaco signed a strategic cooperation agreement (MOU) with Alipay, and merchants will access Alipay. This is the first time that Ant Financial has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with a sovereign government, becoming the 12th European country to access Alipay. [21]

On October 10, 2017, Alipay announced the launch of a credit rental platform, taking the lead in promoting credit rental in eight cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu, Xi'an, and Zhengzhou. More than 1 million apartments will officially be settled on Alipay. If you have a Zhima Credit Score of over 650 and rent an apartment through the Alipay APP, you can rent an apartment without a deposit and pay the rent monthly. [22]

On October 30, 2017, the first batch of Alipay-connected taxis started operating from the Hong Kong Stadium with the slogan "Alipay is also used in Hong Kong" on their bodies. [23]

On January 15, 2018, some high-speed toll stations in Zhengzhou, Henan launched the Alipay-ICT credit payment (license plate payment) function. Car owners bind their license plates to Alipay, and when passing through the ETC toll station, they can Debit directly from Alipay. [24]

On January 25, 2018, Alipay announced its entry into Israel, officially bringing mobile payment services to the Middle East to provide convenience for Chinese tourists. [25]

On January 26, 2018, Alipay and its Swiss partner SIX Payment Services jointly announced that the Swiss town of Davos has full access to Alipay. [26]

On March 14, 2018, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce announced that the second phase of the national 12315 Internet platform was officially launched. In this upgrade, 12315’s official mini program is “logged in” on Alipay for the first time. Consumers can make complaints and reports 24 hours a day, and dispute resolution is also expected to be completed online [27].

Starting from April 1, 2018, Alipay static barcode payment has a daily limit of 500 yuan. [28]

On April 17, 2018, the "Resident ID Card Online Function Voucher" certified by the Trusted Identity Authentication Platform (CTID) of the First Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security made its debut on Alipay and was officially launched in Quzhou Multiple scenarios were piloted simultaneously in three cities, Hangzhou and Fuzhou. [29]

On May 11, 2018, Wanglian and Alipay announced that the two parties signed a cooperation agreement to formally launch business cooperation in barcode payment. Alipay said that as an important partner in Alipay's barcode acquiring business, Wanglian has completed system docking, joint debugging testing and production verification, and all preparations are in place. From now on, testing and access services will be provided to acquirers. [30]

In August 2018, Alipay quietly launched a group buying function. This function is a "limited time group buying" and will recommend different group buying products to users in different periods of time. [31]

On August 21, Alipay announced a comprehensive upgrade of the delayed payment function, and the defrauded funds are expected to be recovered. [32] On August 29, the legal person of Alipay (China) Information Technology Co., Ltd. changed from Jack Ma to Ye Yuqing[33]. On September 12, at the Ant Open Day mini program special event, Alipay announced the end of the public beta of the mini program and its official launch and the establishment of a mini program division.

[34] On October 13, at the World Bank Annual Meeting held in Bali, Indonesia, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank, and Alipay jointly announced the launch of the 10x1000 Technology Inclusion Plan, which plans to provide emerging technologies every year in the next 10 years. Market countries train 1,000 technology leaders. [35] On November 19, National Australia Bank (NAB) announced that it would cooperate with the Chinese electronic payment platform Alipay to launch Alipay collection and payment services on POS machines provided to customers in early 2019. NAB is the first bank among Australia's four major banks to launch this service[36]. Alipay became operational in Pakistan at the end of 2018. [37]

In January 2019, the "Mobile Government Services Report (2018) - Reconstruction and Intelligence" released showed that there were 442 cities across the country (including county-level cities and provincial counties) Move government services to the Alipay platform. [38] On January 10, Lujiazui and Alipay signed a "pre-sale contract" for the office building. According to the "Cooperation Agreement" and other relevant legal documents signed with Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd. and Alipay, the The office building was transferred to Alipay, with a tentative total transfer price of RMB 2.262 billion. [39] On January 14, Ant Financial announced that Alipay has actively implemented the relevant requirements of the People's Bank of China on the centralized custody of payment institution customer reserves and the disconnection of direct connections. By January 14, 2019, it has completed the direct disconnection. Connected, centralized depository of reserve funds and cancellation of reserve account. [40] On February 2, Alipay became the first batch of companies to obtain national certification. Alipay's system for user personal information security and privacy protection has reached the country's most stringent standards. [41] On February 21, Alipay announced that starting from March 26, service fees will be charged for credit card repayments through Alipay. [42] As of April 2019, Alipay’s “Risk Brain” has cooperated with the financial offices of 11 provinces and cities, including Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Wenzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Xi’an, Xiamen, Hefei, and Wenzhou, and became their discovery and “clairvoyance” for early warning of high-risk enterprises [43]. In May 2019, Alipay launched the "Fabei" function. Fabei is a free money-issuing tool provided by Alipay to merchants. Through Fabei, Alipay merchants can pay, benefit, commission, and reimbursement to employees and flexible workers at no cost. etc.[44]. On May 8, Alipay launched the “Elderly Version of Xiangbao”[45]. In June, Alipay and its local wallet partners had served more than 1.2 billion global users. In January this year, Alipay announced that the number of global users exceeded 1 billion, and the number of global users maintained a growth of 20% within half a year. [46] On October 10, Alipay stated that it does not support virtual currency transactions. [47] On November 5, Alipay released the international version.