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 […]
AI in healthcare is entering a new phase as QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, and NVIDIA introduce a digital human avatar (DHA) designed to support frontline healthcare workers. The launch reflects a broader shift toward AI-driven healthcare systems, as hospitals and providers increasingly adopt advanced technologies to improve efficiency and patient care, with Ant Group AQ […]
As AI adoption gained momentum during the 2026 Chinese New Year, Ant Group announced that both Alipay AI Pay and its AI health app AQ have each surpassed the 100 million user milestone.
Alipay has just announced that its AI Pay payment solution, enabling secure and seamless transactions between AI agents, exceeded 120 million transactions in the past week, as agentic commerce volume surges in China.
Alipay has launched the Agentic Commerce Trust Protocol in collaboration with several partners, including Alibaba’s own consumer-facing AI application Qwen App, Taobao Instant Commerce, Rokid, Damai, and Alibaba Cloud’s Bailian platform.
Alipay’s Tap! contactless payment service now processes more than 100 million daily transactions, underlining the fast-growing embrace of tap-to-pay and QR-based solutions in China and across Asia.
Ant Group has unveiled major upgrades to its AI-powered health app AQ, highlighting how artificial intelligence is increasingly supporting everyday healthcare needs at scale in China.
Bahrain is set to become one of the next key hubs for Alipay+ in the Middle East as Ant International and BENEFIT move forward with a partnership announced in late November 2025.
Revolut just crossed a major milestone: after a secondary share sale backed by big-name investors like Coatue, Fidelity, Nvidia’s NVentures, and Greenoaks, the UK-based fintech was valued at $75 billion. What other fintech companies are showing impressive results this year, and what have they been up to lately?
In a striking move for the banking sector, UBS has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ant International (a key unit of Ant Group) to explore blockchain-based, tokenised deposit solutions for real-time, multi-currency global payments.
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