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Also known as Alipay.com

Alipay () is a third-party mobile and online payment platform, established in Hangzhou, China in February 2004 by Alibaba Group and its founder Jack Ma. In 2015, Alipay moved its headquarters to Pudong, Shanghai, although its parent company Ant Financial remains Hangzhou-based.

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Alipay
Company.logo
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Company.logo_class
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Company.native_name
支付宝
Company.native_name_lang
zh
Company.romanized_name
Zhīfùbǎo
Company.industry
Financial servicesPayment processor
Company.founded
in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Company.founder
Jack Ma
Company.hq_location
Pudong
Company.hq_location_city
Shanghai
Company.hq_location_country
China
Company.area_served
Worldwide
Company.products
Electronic payment processingBankingMobile payment
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Official name
Alipay
Official website
www.alipay.com
Image
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inception
2004-00-00
Commons category
Alipay
social media followers
503264
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30 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Services
  • Foreign expansion
  • Asia
  • Bangladesh
  • Hong Kong
  • Japan
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Vietnam
  • Oceania
  • Australia
  • North America
  • United States
  • Canada
  • South America
  • Brazil
  • Europe
  • France
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Norway
  • Russia
  • United Kingdom
  • Comparison with other payment systems
  • Regulatory history
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Alipay () is a third-party mobile and online payment platform, established in Hangzhou, China in February 2004 by Alibaba Group and its founder Jack Ma. In 2015, Alipay moved its headquarters to Pudong, Shanghai, although its parent company Ant Financial remains Hangzhou-based.

Alipay overtook PayPal as the world's largest mobile (digital) payment platform in 2013. As of June 2020, Alipay serves over 1.3 billion users and 80 million merchants. According to the statistics of the fourth quarter of 2018, Alipay has a 55.32% share of the third-party payment market in mainland China, and it continues to grow.

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