Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Nov 16 2009

Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay plans to release payment software for mobile platforms including Google's (Nasdaq:GOOG) Android and Research In Motion's (Nasdaq:RIMM) BlackBerry, and it does not exclude the possibility of pre-installing software in handsets, reports pchome.net quoting Alipay Wireless
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Posted by: Sijia Xie on Nov 12 2009

Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay launched its mobile payment service November 11, Beijing Business Today reports. The service can be used with smartphones using operating systems such as Nokia's (NYSE:NOK) Symbian, Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhone OS and Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT) Windows Mobile OS, according to the report...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Nov 09 2009

Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay unveiled its "Alipay Lab" incubation platform and has started internal testing of Alipay "Individual Version," donews.com reported November 6. An official release date for the version will be settled after the current tests are completed, the report said...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Oct 26 2009

Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay currently does not intend to enter the business-to-business (B2B) market, reports 163.com quoting Alipay President Shao Xiaofeng on October 26. Banks are already providing good payment services for B2B transactions, and Alipay is now doubling its business volume annually, Shao said...

Posted by: Danielle Liu on Oct 23 2009

Alibaba's Alipay, Tencent's (0700.HK) Tenpay and Beijing-based YeePay have all confirmed their selections as China Unicom (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) third party online payment service providers, DoNews reported October 23...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Oct 21 2009

Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay has received approval from China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) to allow domestic clients to make payments for overseas products directly in yuan, TechWeb reports quoting Alipay President Shao Xiaofeng on October 20...

Posted by: Sophia Fu on Oct 14 2009

Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay and Shanghai-based biology identification technology company Live By Touch (www.livebytouch.com) have partnered to offer Shanghai Alipay users Live By Touch's fingerprint verification payment product PaybyFinger, 163.com reported October 13...

Posted by: Sophia Fu on Sep 25 2009

Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay announced Friday that it has released a Symbian-based mobile client-end software and updated its mobile client-end software based on Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT) Windows Mobile operating system, reports Sina.

Alipay also plans to release mobile client-end software for Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhone and Research In Motion's (Nasdaq:RIMM) BlackBerry, said the report...

Posted by: Melody Jiang on Sep 23 2009

Alibaba's online payment subsidiary Alipay recorded a transaction volume of RMB 900 million through airline reservation payments made between September 14 and September 20, eNet.com.cn reports citing Alipay statistics...

Posted by: Jessica Jin on Sep 09 2009

Alibaba Group launched "Tao 1 Shop," an authorized online payment provider for Taiwan, at tao1shop.tw on September 3, reports Beijing Business Today. With the Tao 1 Shop, Taiwanese consumers can use Taiwan dollars to recharge Alipay accounts according to the current exchange rate and buy products on Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com...

Posted by: Melody Jiang on Aug 25 2009

Alibaba Group's online payment subsidiary Alipay launched a new credit card payment service for large transactions on August 24, Sohu reports. The new service currently supports six banks including Bank of Communications (3328.HK, 601328.SH), China Merchants Bank (3968.HK, 600036.SH) and Industrial Bank (601166.SH), the report said...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Aug 19 2009

Guangzhou-based online video site 56.com said Tuesday that it has gained another revenue source, in addition to advertising, with the release of a for-a-fee video publishing platform, "56 Kankan" (Kankan.56.com), reports 163.com...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Aug 19 2009

Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao and online payment tool Alipay have partnered with offline payment companies including Beijing Lakala Billing Services, Zhejiang-based Lianlian Pay, Hunan-based Yijiatong and Guangdong's Meiyijia to provide offline payment services in the Zhejiang capital Hangzhou, Hunan's capital Changsha, Sichuan's capital Chengdu, in Guangdong's Dongguan and in Chongqing, Sohu reported August 19...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Jul 23 2009

Hangzhou-based e-commerce company Alibaba Group and Bank of China (BoC) (601988.SH, 3988.HK) signed an agreement to cooperate in online payments, international business development and financing for small and medium-sized enterprises on Thursday, Sohu reports...

Posted by: Sophia Fu on Jul 21 2009

Alibaba Group's online payment subsidiary Alipay began broadcasting ads on China Central Television's (CCTV) CCTV-2 channel on July 10, reports Sina. Alipay confirmed that this is a new ad campaign, and it has budgeted nearly RMB 10 million for the ads, which will also run on Zhejiang Satellite TV and Guangdong TV's Zhujiang channel, said the report...