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☆ China's Ant Group doubles down on global expansion with cross-border payments offering Alipay+
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Photo of a person making a mobile payment. Ant InternationalChinese fintech major Ant Group is looking to boost its global presence via its digital offering, Alipay+, as it seeks to connect mobile payment apps around the world. The group's global arm, Ant International, introduced Alipay+ in 2020, allowing foreigners to use apps from their home countries to make payments in China and other countries by scanning QR codes of Ant Group's largely domestically-focused platform Alipay. Ant with its Alipay+ offering seeks to make the most of the early inroads into those markets. "We had the benefit that Alipay was already accepted in many merchants around the world so one of our first steps was [to] convert those merchants to Alipay+ merchants.

Persons: Douglas Feagin, Ant Group's, Ant, Feagin, Alipay Organizations: Ant, Ant Group, CNBC, Ant International Locations: China, Asia, Latam, Europe, U.S, Alipay, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Japan

☆ South Carolina wins NCAA women’s championship game over Iowa, Caitlin Clark
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

“Kamilla Cardoso was not going to let us lose a game in the NCAA tournament,” South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said. While the spotlight was on Clark, South Carolina just kept winning. Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos/Getty Images Clark, right, and Kate Martin walk off the court after losing to South Carolina. Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports/Reuters Kamilla Cardoso of the South Carolina Gamecocks and Saniya Rivers jump for the opening tipoff. Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos/Getty Images South Carolina's Te-Hina Paopao walks onto the court during player introductions ahead of the game.

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