Ingenico Group and Alipay Partner to Provide Both Online and In-Store Payment Solutions to Europe-wide Acquirers and Merchants
18 Août 2016 - 7:00AM
Press release
Paris, 18 August 2016
Ingenico Group, the global leader
in seamless payment, today announced that it has partnered with
Alipay, the world's leading payment platform with 450 million
active users run by Ant Financial Services Group. With this
partnership, Alipay will be imbedded into Ingenico's in-store
payment gateway, which will allow acquirers across Europe to easily
integrate and offer Alipay acceptance to their merchants. With
Alipay integrated into the acquirer's merchant portfolio, Chinese
tourists visiting Europe will be able to conveniently pay via their
Alipay App at any store that uses the Ingenico solution.
This partnership emphasises the
growing importance of Chinese tourists for European retailers.
According to figures of the Financial Times and UNWTO, nearly 10
million Chinese arrivals were registered in Europe in 2014,
representing a total purchasing power of US$21 billion - a number
that is increasing year over year. The partnership will make it
easy for European acquirers to implement Alipay via the Ingenico
payment gateway, which processed more than 3.5 billion transactions
in 2015 and is the largest in Europe. European merchants can now
enhance the customer experience for Chinese tourists by offering
the payment method they prefer. It will allow Chinese tourists in
Europe to use the Alipay App the same way as they are used to back
home in China, where Alipay has evolved from a digital wallet to a
lifestyle enabler that features the convenient booking of taxis and
hotels, the purchase of movie tickets and many more functions
directly from the App.
Furthermore, as part of the new,
extended partnership, Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile
commerce division of Ingenico Group, will now also provide
full-service payment processing for Chinese merchants. Leveraging
its global footprint, acquiring connections and checkout expertise,
Ingenico will help Alipay optimize the processing of payments.
Consumers from all over the world can safely shop and pay online,
with Ingenico processing their payments. Ingenico ePayments has a
long-standing relationship with Alipay, and already processes
online cross-border Alipay transactions for international
businesses such as Air France - KLM and Etihad.
This new partnership between
Alipay and Ingenico Group will provide acquirers and respective
retailers in Europe with a complete online + in-store payment
solution, tailored to the Chinese outbound travellers coming to
Europe. Soon, Chinese tourists can enjoy the benefit and buy flight
tickets online via Alipay as well as pay with their Alipay App
during their holiday shopping tours at European retailers.
Douglas Feagin, Head of Alipay
International and Senior Vice President of Ant Financial Services
Group, states: "We're delighted
to partner with Ingenico to offer a seamless payment experience to
our customers across multiple touch points in Europe. We are
convinced that the Alipay in-store payment via Ingenico will be
much appreciated by the Chinese tourists in Europe".
"We are very excited to partner with Alipay and contribute
our unique omni-channel expertise, products and services to help
them optimize the user experience and boost sales all over the
world. Their choice for Ingenico is a tribute to our high success
rate and ability to meet even the most demanding customers'
requirements," said Philippe Lazare, Chief Executive
Officer of Ingenico Group.
About
Alipay
Alipay is the world's largest third-party payment platform operated
by Ant Financial Services Group, with over 450 million active
users. In addition to online shopping payments, money transfer, and
utility bill payments, Alipay is expanding to offline payments both
inside and outside of China. As of December 2015, Alipay is
accepted in 70 overseas countries and regions, while tax
reimbursements via Alipay are supported in 24 countries. Alipay has
evolved from a digital wallet to a lifestyle enabler. Users can
hail a taxi, book a hotel, buy movie tickets and even enjoy a
full-scale of wealth management services directly from within the
app.
About Ingenico
Group
Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING) is the global leader
in seamless payment, providing smart, trusted and secure solutions
to empower commerce across all channels, in-store, online and
mobile. With the world's largest payment acceptance network, we
deliver secure payment solutions with a local, national and
international scope. We are the trusted world-class partner for
financial institutions and retailers, from small merchants to
several of the world's best known global brands. Our solutions
enable merchants to simplify payment and deliver their brand
promise.
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Contacts
Ingenico Group / Press Coba Taillefer
External Communication Manager
coba.taillefer@ingenico.com
+33 1 58 01 89 62
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Ingenico
ePayments / Press Jurriaan Trommels
Senior Manager, PR and Communications
Jurriaan.Trommels@ingenico.com
+31 23 569 9937 |
Investors Stéphanie
Constand-Atellian
VP Investor Relations
stephanie.constand@ingenico.com
T./ +33 1 58 01 85 68 |
Investors
Caroline Alamy
Investor Relations Manager
caroline.alamy@ingenico.com
T./ +33 1 58 01 85 09
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