Hong Kong financial regulators enhance their practical artificial intelligence with select 36 use cases for the first cohort of the GenAI Sandbox++. Projects to test span across agent-initiated commerce, payments, customer onboarding and liquidity management.
There has been a rise in coverage of digital services that assist in environmental programs in sustainability news. One example today is Alipay Ant Forest, which has reported that over 700 million people in China have been using its service since its inception in 2016 and, consequently, more than 700 million trees have been planted […]
Alipay introduced China’s first full-stack agentic commerce platform on August 17, 2026, at its AI Ecosystem Partner Conference in Hangzhou. The platform is designed to help merchants move from standard digital operations to AI-powered operations.
The thing that lets you pay with your smartphone at the store checkout without ever fumbling with your bank cards or cash banknotes is called a digital wallet. We might use it every other day, but never stop to figure out how exactly it functions. This article aims to explain the main types of digital […]
Foundation model developer StepFun and Alipay have announced a system-level partnership aimed at bringing AI agents beyond conversational assistance and into everyday consumer services. The collaboration was unveiled on July 17 during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 in Shanghai.
Hangzhou-based Alipay has integrated an AI agent into its Tap! payment devices, extending AI-powered services to the millions of offline merchants that use the hardware. The company describes the update as the basis for the world’s first large-scale AI-powered offline business operations network.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming part of everyday life, but its expansion comes with a growing challenge: energy consumption. Training and running advanced AI models requires vast computing resources, and the data centres powering these systems are consuming increasing amounts of electricity worldwide. Against this backdrop, Chinese technology giant Ant Group is attempting to […]
On May 26, Alipay, which is an Ant Group digital payments company, introduced two solutions at its AI Payment Ecosystem Conference in Hangzhou: AI Wallet and Token Pay.
Alipay has launched a delegated payment feature through its AI Pay product, allowing users to authorize an AI assistant to make purchases on their behalf. The feature is now live on Taobao, Alibaba’s e-commerce platform.
Ant International announced the launch of the Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP), an open-source framework designed to enable AI-driven payments across mobile services, including digital wallets, banking apps, and super apps.
AI payment processing product from Alipay is part of the firm’s AI Pay offering. It enables businesses of all sizes, including One Person Companies (OPCs) that account for 30% of all enterprises in the Chinese mainland, to receive agentic payments seamlessly when autonomous AI agents, including OpenClaw-type agents, purchase their services or products.
Chinese automotive OS company Banma Intelligence and Alipay have jointly launched an in-car payments system that lets drivers buy tickets, book hotels, and order food using voice commands without needing their smartphones.
Alipay has launched a new AI Pay service that lets AI agents make purchases and complete payments based on user instructions.
In 2025, Ray-Ban Meta became the best-selling smart glasses globally. The first quarter of 2026 continues the Meta glasses hype, with new models revealed, and international expansion on hold due to “unprecedented demand” and limited inventory.
The global payments landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with new launches and updates from Xero, Checkout.com, Paysend and more highlighting a clear shift toward merchant empowerment, regional sovereignty, and cross-border infrastructure upgrades.
China’s fast-evolving digital ecosystem is entering a new phase of “agentic commerce,” where artificial intelligence doesn’t just recommend actions but completes them. A key example is the integration of Alibaba’s AI assistant, the Qwen App, with the country’s dominant payments platform, Alipay, enabling users to book services like rides and pay seamlessly within a single […]
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