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Thunes wins best cross-border payment solution award

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Thunes has won the Best Cross-Border Payment Solution award at the MPE Awards 2026 after judges praised its global reach, FX pricing and compliance platform.
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Thunes links Swift banks to global stablecoin wallets

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Thunes opens Swift banks to direct USDC and USDT payouts, linking 11,500 institutions with 500 million stablecoin wallets worldwide.
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Hugging Face used to spread Android trojan TrustBastion

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Cybercriminals abused Hugging Face to host rapidly mutating TrustBastion Android malware stealing credentials across Asia-Pacific.
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Selling to China: Why your biggest challenge isn't logistics, it's data

Fri, 28th Nov 2025
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Success in China's booming $378 billion cross-border eCommerce market hinges on clean, accurate data-not just logistics-for speedy delivery and happy customers.
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Revolut enables instant AUD-China transfers via Alipay in Australia

Fri, 21st Nov 2025
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Revolut now allows Australian customers to send instant money transfers to China via Alipay, enhancing convenience and reducing costs for remittances.
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Alibaba unveils AI cockpit, smart glasses & city tech push

Mon, 28th Jul 2025
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Alibaba launches AI-driven automotive cockpit, smart glasses and smart city tech, enhancing user experience with its Qwen model and partnerships worldwide.
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Ant launches Alipay+ Voyager, an AI travel tool in e-wallets

Thu, 3rd Jul 2025
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Ant International launched Alipay+ Voyager, an AI travel assistant in e-wallets, simplifying itinerary planning, bookings, and local payments across Asia and beyond.
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Ant Group raises cross-border transaction limit to $5,000

Tue, 12th Mar 2024
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Ant Group boosts its cross-border payment limit fivefold to $5,000 per transaction to simplify international visits in line with China's updated policies.
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Adyen to streamline global payments for Frasers Hospitality

Thu, 4th Jan 2024
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Adyen partners with Frasers Hospitality to streamline guest experiences and payment processes across properties in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Europe.
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New collaboratation to streamline guest experience

Wed, 3rd Jan 2024
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Adyen partners with Frasers Hospitality to streamline guest experiences via seamless payment solutions at across Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Europe.
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Alibaba Cloud promotes sustainability and inclusion at the Asian Games with new web app

Wed, 4th Oct 2023
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Alibaba Cloud introduces a web app promoting sustainability and inclusivity at the Asian Games and Asian Para Games.
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Unlimint and Alipay+ to improve payments for one billion customers

Wed, 8th Jun 2022
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Unlimint says this partnership will enable the company to better reach the more than one billion users of digital payment tools brought by Alipay+.
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Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce plan to launch new commerce product

Tue, 21st Sep 2021
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Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce are working toward an agreement to launch Salesforce Social Commerce, a headless commerce product designed and built in China.
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Alipay's restaurant services come to Aus

Wed, 1st May 2019
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It will allow Chinese customers to scan a QR code to bring up a digital menu, self-order and pay for their meal, all through their mobile device.
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BNZ merchant customers to get Alipay this year

Fri, 15th Jun 2018
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BNZ is the first Kiwi bank to offer the option to accept Alipay which should roll out in July following the trial currently underway.
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Thailand 4.0 picks up speed following Alibaba investment

Mon, 23rd Apr 2018
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The strategic partnership between the technology giant and the Government of Thailand seeks to push the development of the nation's digital economy.
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Millions of potential new spenders as Smartpay partners with Alipay

Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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Alipay's active user-base is >520 million and in 2016, ANZ welcomed 1.6 million Chinese visitors in total. The rollout will commence with a NZ pilot.
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Alibaba nabs 33% stake in Alipay operator Ant Financial

Fri, 2nd Feb 2018
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Alibaba solidifies its strategic bond with Ant Financial, acquiring a 33% stake in exchange for intellectual property, ending a lucrative profit-sharing pact.
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Equinix: Alibaba scales-up global cloud and digital services

Wed, 21st Jun 2017
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The company that started out as a B2B portal now touches almost every aspect of the internet and eCommerce sectors.
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WeChat & Alipay - overtaking EFTPOS? Asia speeds ahead with digital payments

Thu, 15th Jun 2017
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New Zealand's EFTPOS system used to be world leading, but new technologies like WeChat pay and Alipay have left us behind.