Ingenicoa Worldline brand, and Ant Group have announced the details of their agreement that will allow acquirers and other payment service providers to implement Alipay+ seamlessly across your merchant networks using Ingenico’s PPaaS (Payment Platform as a Service) cloud-based solution.
PPaaS harnesses the power of the payments ecosystem by combining payments with value-added services for the new world of commerce. Alipay+’s integration into its cloud-based platform paves the way for faster rollout of Alipay+ services to its customers and merchants. Ingenico’s PPaaS customers, including acquirers, payment service providers and independent software vendors, will be able to configure Alipay+ on their payment terminals without the need for complex and costly development, deployment and certification. Thanks to this simplicity, Alipay+ will be able to expand its reach and accelerate its development, bringing its services to merchants smoothly and quickly.
Launched in 2020, Alipay+ is a suite of global cross-border mobile payment and marketing solutions operated by Ant Group. It supports a wide range of digital payment methods, including e-wallets, banking apps, and buy now pay later services such as GCash in the Philippines, Kakao Pay in South Korea, Klarna in Europe, and Alipay in China.
With innovative technologies and solutions, Alipay+ facilitates digital customer acquisition and makes it easier and more convenient for merchants to serve users of leading digital payment service providers, especially those in the Asian market. With the unique integration feature offered by Alipay+, payment services and merchants can access all existing digital payment methods. And later incorporate them through a unified interface and standardized business rules, and without the need for additional technical adaptation.
In connection with this agreement that has been announced at Paytech 2022 (May 18 and 19, Lisbon), Michael Balzer, Director of Strategic Agreements for PPaaS, has said: “PPaaS makes it easy for our customers to quickly and easily make new payment and commerce services available to their merchants. Alipay+ is a priority for many of our customers and they recognize that PPaaS will help them accelerate the rollout of this innovative solution to their merchants, enabling them to win and retain customers. This agreement with Alipay+ is a continuation of our partnership with Ant Group, one of the original founding partners of PPaaS and a valuable source of advice and inspiration as we built our platform..»
Alipay+ offers innovative payment and marketing solutions that give merchants the opportunity to reach over a billion users using digital payment methods in Asia. We believe that through our cooperation with Ingenico, millions of merchants in Europe, connecting to Ingenico acquirers and payment institutions, can integrate Alipay+ more efficiently and seamlessly. Alipay+ will work together with Ingenico to better serve merchants in Europe and connect them to this large group of Asian consumers..
Alice Zhan, Marketing Manager in Europe of Ant Group.