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Alipay

Alipay (simplified Chinese: 支付宝; traditional Chinese: 支付寶; pinyin: zhīfùbǎo) 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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Founded
February 2004; 22 years ago (2004-02) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Industry
Financial services Payment processor
Headquarters
Pudong, Shanghai, China
Area served
Worldwide
Founder
Jack Ma
Native name
支付宝

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Alipay

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples103
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
Components1

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Alipay

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related to history · 35
Alipay → Alibaba, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, Alibaba Group, Alibaba Group's, Alipay's, As Alipay's, Baidu, Because, Century Weekly, China, China's, Chinese, In, Instead, It, July, June, Ma, One, PBoC
related to Comparison with other payment systems · 12
Alipay → Although, Apple Pay, At, Chinese, EachNet, PayPal, Taobao, The, This, Venmo, WeChat Pay, Zelle
related to Foreign expansion · 10
Alipay → Ant Financial, Ant Group, April, China, It, Mainland China, Other, Outside, Since, Singapore-based
related to Services · 10
Alipay → Alipay Wallet, Chinese, Chinese-based, MasterCard, P2P, QR, Taobao, The Alipay, Tmall, Visa
Area served · 1
Alipay → Worldwide
Founded · 1
Alipay → February 2004; 22 years ago (2004-02) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Founder · 1
Alipay → Jack Ma
Headquarters · 1
Alipay → Pudong, Shanghai, China
Industry · 1
Alipay → Financial services Payment processor
Native name · 1
Alipay → 支付宝

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payment chinese financial china services mobile service ant online also users alibaba market platform app payments third-party alipay's use introduced

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AlipayArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
AlipayFoundedFebruary 2004; 22 years ago (2004-02) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China1.00infobox
AlipayFounderJack Ma1.00infobox
AlipayHeadquartersPudong, Shanghai, China1.00infobox
AlipayIndustryFinancial services Payment processor1.00infobox
AlipayNative name支付宝1.00infobox
AlipayParentAnt Financial1.00infobox
AlipayProductsElectronic payment processing Banking Mobile payment1.00infobox
AlipayRomanized nameZhīfùbǎo1.00infobox
AlipayWebsitewww.alipay.com1.00infobox
Alipayis apayment option0.90text
money-market funds or investment-linked productsinstance ofwhich may treat specific functions0.80text

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