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Finextra
23 minutes ago
- Business
- Finextra
Kasikornbank Bank's K Plus app integrates with Google Play
Google Play, Ant International's Antom and KASIKORNBANK today announced the launch of K PLUS as a new local payment method on Google Play, marking the first time that a SEA mobile banking app is made available as a payment option in the platform. 0 Google Play gives users one place to find, enjoy and share their favorite apps, games, books and more, for any Android device. K PLUS, operated by KASIKORNBANK, is one of SEA's most widely used mobile banking apps. Its 14 million users on Android devices will be able to pay for global and local digital content on Google Play using their everyday banking app. The rollout also marks the first time that Antom, the unified merchant payment service under Ant International, enables recurring payment capabilities on a banking app to support global enterprise merchants, building on its experience with digital wallets. Antom has been a strategic partner to Google Play in expanding payment options in Asia Pacific (APAC), and continues driving growth in both transaction volumes and user acquisitions With the K PLUS launch, Antom further strengthens its collaboration with Google Play, by adding digital wallets that serve millions of users in the region. Leveraging its AI-driven solutions for payment orchestration, risk management and digital marketing, Antom supports merchants to integrate over 300 payment methods across over 100 currencies in its extensive global acquiring network. The Asia Pacific region leads the world in digital payment adoption, accounting for nearly two-thirds of global digital wallet spend in 2024, according to a Deloitte report . In response to this growth, Antom has helped Google Play enable a growing list of leading payment options including DANA, GCash and Touch 'n Go eWallet since 2022. Google Play and Antom will continue to work together to increase local payment coverage and enhance payment experiences. Beyond payments, Antom also supports Google Play in launching digital campaigns through its A+ Rewards, an in-App digital marketing platform powered by privacy-preserving computing and AI technologies. Embedded within leading e-wallets across Asia, A+Rewards connects Google Play with hundreds of millions of e-wallet users. Over 2023 and 2024, consumers claimed over 20 million Google Play vouchers from A+Rewards on regional e-wallets. Over 14 million K PLUS users on Android devices will be able to make purchases on Google Play, directly through their everyday banking app. 'Google Play is committed to continuously providing the best experience for users and supporting the growth of the digital ecosystem for developers. We're excited to announce that Google Play now supports K PLUS as a new payment option in Thailand,' said Zulfi Rahardian, Head of Google Play Retail & Payments Activation, Southeast Asia.' With this launch, we hope Thai consumers can purchase games, apps, entertainment and digital content more easily through safe, fast, and seamless transactions.' 'At KASIKORNBANK, we are committed to continuously enhancing our digital payment infrastructure to offer our customers a seamless, fast, and secure financial experience. This collaboration with Google Play and Antom expands payment choices for Google Play users in Thailand, allowing them to pay directly for apps and digital content by linking their account with K PLUS. We are proud to be the first bank in Thailand and SEA to enable mobile banking payments on Google Play. Today, we have around 14 million K PLUS users on Android, and our goal is to have more than 1 million linked accounts by the end of 2025,' said Dr. Ketchayong Skowratananont, Executive Vice President of KASIKORNBANK
Finextra
a day ago
- Business
- Finextra
Splitit partners Antom
Splitit, the only embedded white-label platform that enables card-linked installment payments using consumers' existing credit, and Antom, a leading provider of merchant payment and digitization services under Ant International, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at empowering merchants with a new, frictionless installment payment option. 0 This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The collaboration integrates Splitit's technology into Antom's next-generation payment processing platform and merchant network, beginning in the U.S. and expanding globally. 'We're excited to partner with Splitit to expand access to card-linked installment solutions across our merchant network,' said Gary Liu, General Manager of Antom, Ant International. 'This collaboration supports our commitment to helping merchants achieve sustainable growth across international markets. Splitit's unique approach aligns with our vision of delivering innovative, value-added solutions and empowering businesses to better serve customers at the point of purchase.' Antom offers unified, vertical-specific digital payment solutions to serve businesses around the world. It supports merchants to integrate over 300 payment methods, enabling them to connect with consumers in more than 200 markets, with the flexibility to accept payments in more than 100 currencies. In addition, it provides digitization services to help merchants enhance user engagement and unlock more growth opportunities with AI and privacy-preserving computing tools. Through the partnership, Splitit's installment technology will be seamlessly integrated into the checkout experience for merchants using Antom's platform. They will be able to split purchases into monthly payments directly at checkout, using their existing credit cards—with no underwriting or additional fees. For merchants, this provides a powerful, low-friction way to boost approval rates, increase average order value and improve conversion with minimal integration required. As part of the collaboration, the two companies will streamline cross-border commerce, simplifying international payment processing for merchants. Recent research underscores the growing merchant preference for card-linked installment options. A study by Splitit and PYMNTS found that 72% of merchants rate card-linked installments as their top choice over traditional Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) programs. Additionally, nearly 90% of merchants believe these installments are key to boosting customer acquisition and retention. 'With Antom, we're accelerating our push to redefine the checkout experience, making payments smarter, faster and more consumer-friendly,' said Nandan Sheth, CEO of Splitit. "This partnership brings the power of installment payments directly into the checkout flow through Antom's global platform—no applications, no credit checks, just seamless card-linked flexibility. Together, we're eliminating friction and empowering merchants to boost conversions with a more inclusive, intuitive payment option, scaled globally from day one." By skipping applications and new loans, Splitit streamlines the process for both merchants and shoppers—no hidden fees, and no changes to the consumer's existing credit card relationship. As a result, merchants can offer flexible payments at scale, with less complexity and higher approval rates.
Business Wire
22-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Ant International Recognized in CNBC World's Top Fintech Companies 2025 List
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ant International, a leading global provider of digital payments, digitization, and financial technology, has been recognised in the CNBC World's Top Fintech Companies 2025 list under the Payments category. CNBC's World's Top FinTech Companies list evaluated metrics from over 30,000 eligible companies worldwide, recognising those that prioritise innovative, technology-driven financial solutions. This recognition underscores Ant International's achievements and commitment to pioneering payment technologies while fostering collaborative ecosystems with partners to benefit the widest possible audience. Ant International became independent in 2024 after a reorganisation of Ant Group. With headquarters in Singapore and over 30 offices around the world, Ant International provides cross-border digital payment, commerce and finance solutions to merchants and financial institutions, connecting 100 million+ merchants to global consumers across its 4 business units: Alipay+, Antom, Embedded Finance and WorldFirst. Global e-wallet gateway service Alipay+ links 1.7 billion mobile payment users across more than 70 markets. Merchant payment service Antom supports merchants to integrate over 300 payment methods, enabling them to connect with consumers in more than 200 markets. WorldFirst, the global business account service, has served 1.2 million small and medium-sized businesses, while Embedded Finance services have enabled financial institutions and fintech companies to extend credit access to over 15 million customers.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Antom enhances AI agent to streamline merchant payment services
Antom, the merchant payment and digitisation arm of Ant International, has upgraded its AI agent, Antom Copilot, to augment merchant payment services and dispute management. The enhanced capabilities of Antom Copilot 2.0 include refined payment integration, streamlined onboarding processes, advanced risk management configurations, and a new approach to chargeback disputes, the company said. Antom Copilot, which was initially launched in June 2024, is based on the Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit, an AI-as-a-Service platform developed by Ant International. The platform allows financial technology companies to create AI-driven financial services. The updated version, Antom Copilot 2.0, includes a Chargeback AI Assistant that provides merchants with automated strategies for dispute resolution and revenue recovery. The tool is designed to enhance merchants' ability to control revenue and improve customer service by automating the analysis and response to chargebacks. Additionally, Antom Copilot now features an automated recommendation system for payment methods and acquiring services, supporting the deployment of localised payment methods. The onboarding process has been streamlined using multimodal Large Language Models (LLMs) to extract data from merchant registration documents, integrating natural language prompts. It also incorporated chain of thought reasoning, standard operating procedure automation, and AI-driven code generation, alongside user interfaces in both language and graphical forms, the company noted. Antom general manager Gary Liu said: 'With this latest upgrade, Antom Copilot continues to evolve into a payment partner to provide merchants with tailored solutions. 'This reflects Ant International's AI strategy to deliver trusted, industry-specific solutions that help businesses, especially SMEs, fully harness the benefits of technology to thrive.' In April, Antom collaborated with Adobe to improve payment experiences for customers in Asia. "Antom enhances AI agent to streamline merchant payment services " was originally created and published by Electronic Payments International, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
Finextra
17-07-2025
- Business
- Finextra
Ant International expands merchant payment AI functions
Antom, Ant International's merchant payment and digitisation services provider, today announced a major upgrade to its flagship AI agent, Antom Copilot, with expanded capabilities across payment integration, onboarding, risk configuration, and chargeback solution. 0 This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Antom Copilot is the world's first merchant payment service AI agent, launched in June 2024. It's built on Ant International's Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit, an AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) platform that enables fintech companies and super apps to build AI-agentic and ultimately AI-native financial services. Nearly 50% of SME clients of Antom do not actively respond to chargebacks. An industry first, the Chargeback AI Assistant offers a faster and more effective solution to the increasingly complex dispute settlement and revenue loss recovery issues for SMEs and e-commerce platforms. The Chargeback AI Assistant builds a tailored response strategy based on automated case-by-case analysis to help merchants improve revenue control and customer service. It offers documentation support, success rate analysis, defence building, as well as post-case analysis. Pilot testing showed a 3 percentage point increase in win rates, while time spent on dispute resolution was reduced by 46%. To ensure accuracy and reliability, the process includes merchant review and manual verification by Antom. Full automation is planned in future iterations. Other updates include the ability to automatically recommend suitable payment methods, acquiring services and integration solutions based on merchant needs and Antom Copilot's analysis of industry trends and market conditions. It enables merchants to deploy localized payment methods more quickly and with less technical resources. Antom Copilot 2.0 also offers AI-assisted onboarding that leverages multimodal LLM capabilities to extract merchant registration documents. In addition, merchants can now configure risk management settings using natural language prompts, making AI-powered anti-fraud tools more available and easier to manage. Antom Copilot accelerates integration by over 90%, leveraging chain of thought (CoT) reasoning, standard operating procedure (SOP) automation, language (LUI) and graphical (GUI) user interfaces, and AI-driven code generation. It also achieves an average satisfaction rate of 90% in end-to-end issue resolution. 56% of the merchants using Antom's dashboard engaged with the embedded Antom Copilot during the first half of 2025. The most common questions they asked were about payment method coverage and supported currencies, industry-specific payment solutions, and recommended integration technologies. 'We're building AI tools that go beyond payment acquiring to address real operational needs for merchants,' said Gary Liu, General Manager of Antom, Ant International. 'With this latest upgrade, Antom Copilot continues to evolve into a payment partner to provide merchants with tailored solutions. This reflects Ant International's AI strategy to deliver trusted, industry-specific solutions that help businesses, especially SMEs, fully harness the benefits of technology to thrive.'
