Alipay is seeking to lure 44 million merchants with mini programs to expand services for the firm’s 900 million users.
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are as disruptive as they are polarizing. Here are the opinions of the world’s richest people on the technology.
Alibaba founder says that blockchain and other advanced technologies still need to prove they can help evolve society in a “greener and more inclusive” directio...
Alibaba has shown enough interest in blockchain and cryptocurrency but is still keeping its hands directly clean.
Alibaba’s Ant Financial trials blockchain remittances, CEO Jack Ma confirming he intends to take the option global.
Alipay’s operator Ant International has secured $14 bln in an equity financing round to develop blockchain for its global tech platform.
Jack Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, says he has been researching blockchain for years, but thinks Bitcoin is a bubble.
by Joseph Young
Jack Ma, founder of the US$239 billion e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba, was appointed by the Malaysian government to mentor its transition to digital economy.