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Back|Ant Group restructures Alipay operations into new business group to focus on AI-driven 'agentic commerce'
Ant Group restructures Alipay operations into new business group to focus on AI-driven 'agentic commerce'
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Ant Group restructures Alipay operations into new business group to focus on AI-driven 'agentic commerce'

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Ant Group has merged its Digital Payment, Alipay, and Zhima Credit Business Groups into a new Alipay Business Group led by Wu Minzhi, as part of a strategic push to strengthen merchant services and advance AI-powered 'agentic commerce' for growth.

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Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba Group, is restructuring its core payment operations to better integrate technology and product teams under a unified Alipay Business Group, with a strategic emphasis on AI-driven innovation in commerce.

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Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has revamped its online payments operations by creating a new business group for Alipay, as it sharpens its artificial intelligence focus on “agentic commerce” to drive new growth.

Ant, an Alibaba Group Holding affiliate, merged its Digital Payment Business Group, Alipay Business Group and Zhima Credit Business Group into a new business unit dedicated to Alipay, according to an internal letter from CEO Cyril Han Xinyi on Monday, according to a report by Chinese media outlet The Beijing News.

The company also appointed Wu Minzhi, a veteran executive at Ant and previously at Alibaba, to lead the new Alipay Business Group while serving as Ant’s chief people officer.

The restructuring aimed to “further consolidate technology, product and ecosystem capabilities and strengthen the merchant service system”, Han said in the letter.

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  • Ant Group will launch new AI-powered features for Alipay merchants under the 'agentic commerce' framework within the next 6 months.

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