Originated from Alipay founded in 2004 and officially founded in October 2014, Ant Financial is a technology company that brings inclusive financial services to the world. It is dedicated to bringing the world more equal opportunities through building a technology-driven open ecosystem and working with other financial institutions to support the future financial needs of society.
Dec. 08, 2004 Alipay formally established
Dec. 26, 2005 Launch "Online Inquiry System"
Oct. 24, 2006 Receive Client Transaction Trusteeship Report from ICBC
Aug. 02, 2007 Launch "Internet Trust Scheme"
Oct. 25, 2008 Launch on-line utilities payment platform - go.alipay.com
Nov. 11, 2009 Launch mobile payment service
Dec. 23, 2010 Release quick payment with credit card jointly with BOC
May 26, 2011 First to receive “ Payment Business License” from PBOC
Jan. 09, 2012 Sent users “Payment Record for the Past Year ”
June 17, 2013 Official launch of Yu'e Bao
Oct. 16, 2014 Small and Micro Financial Services Company renamed Ant Financial
Dec. 12, 2015 Launch “1212” global shopping carnival
Apr. 26, 2016 Complete 4.5 billion U.S. dollar Series B fund-raising.
Jan. 19, 2017 Initiate the Green Digital Finance Alliance with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
June 25, 2018 Powered by the blockchain technology from Ant Financial, AlipayHK and GCash launch cross-border remittance service
