Ant International and Standard Chartered conduct live trials for Alipay+
29 August 2025 Singapore
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Ant International, a global digital payment, digitisation, and financial technology provider, and Standard Chartered Bank have launched live production trials for a bank-to-wallet payment solution.
The collaboration is supported by Swift’s infrastructure and uses the ISO 20022 financial messaging standards.
Through Alipay+, the global wallet gateway service under Ant International, the first transactions were completed successfully between a Standard Chartered Bank customer account and a partner e-wallet.
Through simplifying global money transfers the solution uses the Swift network to connect to 1.7 billion user accounts on the 36 global digital wallets in the Alipay+ ecosystem, especially across fast-growing Asian markets.
Michael Spiegel, global head of transaction banking at Standard Chartered, says: “We are pleased to be the bank of choice to conceptualise, test and deliver this innovation. It is testament to the versatility of our banking platform and our strategic relationship with both Swift and Ant International.”
Kevin Wong, chief executive, APAC, at Swift, adds: “In a world of fast-moving innovation with a growing number of ways to move value, consumers and businesses expect more choice and optionality in their international payments experience.
“This collaboration with Ant International and Standard Chartered reflects that strategic commitment to faster, frictionless payments across multiple networks.”
Jacques Xu, general manager of Global Remittance at Ant International, comments: “We are very excited to be part of this ground-breaking multilateral collaboration with Swift, banking leaders and Alipay+ e-wallet partners to facilitate bank-to-wallet transactions on a global scale.”
The collaboration is supported by Swift’s infrastructure and uses the ISO 20022 financial messaging standards.
Through Alipay+, the global wallet gateway service under Ant International, the first transactions were completed successfully between a Standard Chartered Bank customer account and a partner e-wallet.
Through simplifying global money transfers the solution uses the Swift network to connect to 1.7 billion user accounts on the 36 global digital wallets in the Alipay+ ecosystem, especially across fast-growing Asian markets.
Michael Spiegel, global head of transaction banking at Standard Chartered, says: “We are pleased to be the bank of choice to conceptualise, test and deliver this innovation. It is testament to the versatility of our banking platform and our strategic relationship with both Swift and Ant International.”
Kevin Wong, chief executive, APAC, at Swift, adds: “In a world of fast-moving innovation with a growing number of ways to move value, consumers and businesses expect more choice and optionality in their international payments experience.
“This collaboration with Ant International and Standard Chartered reflects that strategic commitment to faster, frictionless payments across multiple networks.”
Jacques Xu, general manager of Global Remittance at Ant International, comments: “We are very excited to be part of this ground-breaking multilateral collaboration with Swift, banking leaders and Alipay+ e-wallet partners to facilitate bank-to-wallet transactions on a global scale.”
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