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2026
Step Terminal and Alipay announce deep AI partnership on agent services and AI payments
At the STEPX Neo launch event on October 13, 2026, Step Terminal and Alipay announced a deep AI partnership to build agent system-level solutions and a customized AI payment full-stack solution, forming an end-to-end AI-native agent business loop; the first phase connects more than 300 high-frequency services such as food delivery, mobility, logistics, home services and government services through Alipay's Abao agent.
2026
Alipay's Vibe Pay lands on terminal hardware for the first time with STEPX Neo as first hardware partner
At the October 13, 2026 launch, Alipay said its self-developed AI payment product Vibe Pay landed with a terminal vendor for the first time, with STEPX Neo as the first hardware partner; creators can build goods and services in the Step Studio AI-IDE and connect payment and operation capabilities in one click to monetize AI applications.
2026
Shipwreck disrupts delivery of Taobao sale goods
A cargo ship carrying goods for Taobao’s 11.11 sale collided with another ship and sank; Taobao confirmed that the items were damaged or fell into the sea. Taobao offered refunds to affected customers via Alipay.
2026
Alipay launches full-stack agent commerce infrastructure and AHA cross-device protocol
At its first AI ecosystem conference in Hangzhou on August 17, Alipay launched China's first full-stack agent commerce infrastructure and the AHA (Agent Hub Access) multi-agent cross-device interconnection protocol system, and reported that its super service agent "Abao" has completed AI integration for over 10,000 services, covering 5 mainstream phone brands and 16 mainstream automakers.
2022
Sberbank launches phone-number transfers to China
Sberbank launched money transfers to China via phone number. Funds are credited to recipients' Alipay wallets in Chinese yuan, and the service was launched jointly with Western Union.
2022
LINE FRIENDS joins Alipay's 2022 Five Blessings campaign
LINE FRIENDS collaborated with Alipay on the 2022 Chinese New Year Five Blessings campaign, creating themed blessing cards and related content. The article describes the campaign period as January 19–31, 2022.
2022
ECARX and Alipay sign smart mobility services partnership
ECARX and Alipay signed a strategic cooperation agreement to collaborate on smart connected-car services across in-vehicle and mobile touchpoints.
2022
Alipay adds accessible gameplay to its Five Blessings campaign
Alipay's 2022 Five Blessings campaign opened with accessibility upgrades for users with visual impairments, including ways to collect cards by shaking or tapping the phone. The article says other gestures would be added gradually.
2021
Alipay announces wider availability of merchant tools
Alipay announced that, starting in December, its “赚钱红包” merchant marketing tool and “安心充” membership operations tool would become available to merchants in more cities.
2021
Lalamove becomes available through Alipay's ride-hailing section
Lalamove became available through Alipay's ride-hailing section, where users can access its cargo-moving and home-moving mini program.
2021
DingTalk launches Ding Work Badge
DingTalk launched Ding Work Badge for enterprise organizations, a digital employee badge that integrates organizational information and Alipay payment capabilities and can be used for access, cafeteria payments and other workplace services.
2021
Alipay rolls out Senior Mode
Alipay rolled out Senior Mode to all users, with larger text and icons, a simplified interface, fewer seldom-used functions and marketing pushes removed, and a direct human-service option for users aged 65 and older.
2021
Alipay launches a merchant anti-pandemic service zone
On February 5, Alipay launched a service zone offering small and medium-sized businesses access to services including business support policy information, enterprise procurement, group nucleic-acid testing appointments, and interest-free loans from MYbank.
2021
Alipay launches nucleic acid testing booking and related services
Alipay's pandemic services portal launched services for locating testing institutions nationwide, booking nucleic acid tests and home sampling, and checking test results. The article says booking services covered more than 76 cities and 200 institutions, while home sampling covered 45 cities.
2020
AirPay FinTech and Alipay launch Black Diamond campaign
AirPay FinTech partnered with Alipay to launch the Black Diamond campaign for key luxury retailers; the article says Chinese shoppers received it well during Boxing Day.
2020
WireBarley announces partnership with Alipay
WireBarley announced a partnership with Alipay enabling customers to send money to China from South Korea, Australia, the United States and Canada for receipt through Alipay. Transfers for international students in China were planned to become available early in the third quarter of 2020.
2020
Alipay upgrades its pandemic services hub
Alipay announced an upgrade to its pandemic services hub, adding local pandemic-level, nucleic-acid testing institution, and test-result lookup services. The service was described as supporting users in more than 300 cities nationwide.
2020
People's Daily 'Kaiquan' and Alipay form a consumer-voucher partnership
People's Daily's “Kaiquan” client and Alipay agreed to combine resources and services for consumer-voucher distribution, redemption and related public and commercial services. The parties also jointly launched the “身边计划” to invite small businesses to join the client and Alipay.
2020
Xpeng and Alipay reach strategic partnership
The headline reports that Xpeng and Alipay reached a strategic partnership; the supplied article text provides no further details.
2020
Alipay announces homepage and service-entry upgrades
Alipay previewed three upgrades planned for its new app version: moving Travel to the homepage top bar, providing more exposure for mini programs in the Application Center, and making City Services a unified entry point for public services.