Alipay - The Rising Chinese E-Payment Giant

Alipay (the subsidiary of Ant Financial Group) is probably the most well-known name in China. Chinese use this application several times a day: they pay through its QR scanning payment or manage their asset through its mutual fund – Yue’bao. But unlike its hot creation, Ant Financial was pretty much forgotten by the public. Born in 2004, it evolved from a small department of Taobao that housed only a handful of employees doing settlement work using the simplest spreadsheet of those days. Within a decade, it has established itself as the most valued internet finance enterprise in China transforming the entire financial industry with its massive data and powerful technology. 


The book tells of Alipay’s journey from “nobody” to the most widely-used payment system, and also records significant stages in its evolutionary history. The book also provides abundant reference and inspiration on entrepreneurial thinking, business concept, corporate culture, operating mode and personnel philosophy.