Global brands accepting Alipay in the United
States include Millennium Hotels & Resorts, Tourneau, and
others
Alipay, the world’s leading digital payment platform operated by
Ant Financial Services Group, and First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global
leader in commerce-enabling technology, today announced an expanded
partnership that adds 35,000 merchants to the growing roster of
businesses accepting Alipay in store. The expansion allows U.S.
merchants the ability to offer Alipay’s 600 million registered
Chinese users the same, convenient payment experience they enjoy at
home while traveling in the United States.
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“First Data continues to be a premier partner for Alipay,” said
Souheil Badran, President, Alipay Americas. “In a few short months,
First Data has significantly expanded the number of merchant
locations accepting Alipay through seamless integration. Now,
Chinese travelers are enjoying the familiarity of their Alipay
Mobile Wallet at many of their favorite locations across the United
States. We look forward to continuing to partner with First Data as
we aim to enable Alipay at millions of additional merchant
locations in 2018.”
“Following the success of Alipay at Millennium Hotels and
Resorts in Asia, we are pleased to partner with the digital payment
platform again to launch the service in New York, Boston and Los
Angeles in an effort to make the travel experience as seamless as
possible for guests,” said Howard Wu, President – North America and
Chief Technology Officer of Millennium Hotels and Resorts. “As a
hospitality brand, we are always looking for ways to enhance the
overall guest experience, and expect Alipay to be well received by
Chinese travelers visiting key markets in the United States.”
The expanded partnership follows a May 2017 announcement
unveiling First Data’s plans to integrate Alipay at the
point-of-sale across four million U.S. merchant locations. The
ongoing rollout includes merchants using First Data’s Clover suite
of solutions. Clover, a leading point of sale platform, serves the
needs of merchants ranging from food trucks and small retailers to
regional coffee houses and even the largest sports stadiums. Alipay
enablement is one of many Clover features that helps merchants
across North America grow their businesses.
“We are thrilled with the significant interest we’ve seen from
merchants who want to offer Alipay at the point-of-sale,” said
Nandan Sheth, General Manager, Global Debit Solutions, First Data.
“As our partnership continues to mature, we are excited to roll out
Alipay on an even larger scale. Businesses that offer Alipay are
able to benefit from the growing number of Chinese travelers coming
to the U.S. by offering a frictionless payment experience that
transcends country, currency and language barriers.”
Alipay aims to simplify every aspect of Chinese tourists’ travel
in North America, enabling them to use Alipay for everything from
ride-hailing and purchasing luxury goods, to making reservations at
hotels and restaurants. Through Alipay’s geolocation-based
“Discover” function and push notifications within the Alipay app,
Chinese travelers can locate merchants nearby, receive promotional
information, and make purchasing decisions. Through the same
function, Alipay also enables local merchants to better target and
connect with Chinese consumers. Beyond an improved payment
experience, Alipay offers a sophisticated marketing channel.
Through Alipay, First Data’s merchants will be able to market to
Chinese tourists before, during and after their visits, boosting
exposure of their businesses among China’s rapidly expanding
overseas visitors.
About First Data
First Data (NYSE: FDC) is a global leader in commerce-enabling
technology, serving approximately six million business locations
and 4,000 financial institutions in more than 100 countries around
the world. The company’s 22,000 owner-associates are dedicated to
helping companies, from start-ups to the world’s largest
corporations, conduct commerce every day by securing and processing
more than 3,000 transactions per second and $2.4 trillion per
year.
About Alipay
Operated by Ant Financial Services Group, Alipay is the world’s
leading mobile and online payment platform. Launched in 2004,
Alipay currently has over 600 million active Chinese
users and over 200 financial institution partners in China. Alipay
has evolved from a digital wallet to a lifestyle enabler. Users can
hail a taxi, book a hotel, buy movie tickets, pay utility bills,
make appointments with doctors, or purchase wealth management
products directly from within the app. In addition to online
payments, Alipay is expanding to in-store offline payments both
inside and outside of China. Over 40 million brick-and-mortar
merchants now accept Alipay across China. Alipay’s in-store payment
service covers 40 countries and regions across the world,
and tax reimbursement via Alipay is supported in 24 countries and
regions. Alipay works with over 250 overseas financial institutions
and payment solution providers to enable cross-border payments for
Chinese travelling overseas and overseas customers who purchase
products from Chinese e-commerce sites. Alipay currently supports
27 currencies. Follow us on Twitter @antfinancial and @alipay.
About Millennium Hotels and Resorts
Millennium Hotels and Resorts is the brand umbrella of
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc, a global hospitality
management and real estate group, listed on the London Stock
Exchange (LSE: MLC). The company owns and/or manages a worldwide
portfolio of more than 130 hotels, offering over 37,000 rooms in
business and leisure destinations in Asia, Australasia, Europe, the
Middle East and North America. Millennium Hotels and Resorts
consists of nine brands: Grand Millennium, Millennium, Grand
Copthorne, Copthorne, Kingsgate, M Hotel, M Social, Studio M and
MyMillennium, which are operated throughout Asia Pacific, Europe,
Middle East, and North America.
Founded on the philosophy of genuine hospitality, this dynamic
hospitality group has an outstanding reputation for excellence,
taking pride in exceeding the needs of its business and leisure
travelers. The strategic localities of its properties in key
gateway cities such as New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Dubai,
Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Auckland and Beijing makes Millennium Hotels
and Resorts the perfect address to conduct your business or indulge
yourself while on holiday.
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