# Ant International

> Ant International is a Singapore-headquartered fintech connecting digital wallets, merchants and financial institutions through Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and Bettr. Its services cover cross-border acceptance, merchant payment processing, business accounts, foreign exchange, embedded credit and treasury technology. In September 2026 it reported a network reaching 150 million merchants and more than 2 billion consumer accounts.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Singapore, Singapore
- **Products:** Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst, Bettr, ANEXT Bank
- **Notable:** Supported over 2 billion digital cross-border transactions in core emerging markets during 2025, according to the company., September 2026 reporting describes a network of 150 million merchants and over 2 billion consumer accounts., Capital A reported up to 40% lower FX hedging costs after Falcon deployment.

## Products & services

- **Alipay+** — A cross-border wallet gateway connecting partner wallets and banking apps with merchant acceptance networks; also offers marketing and digitisation tools.
- **Antom** — Merchant payment acceptance, orchestration, risk management and digitisation; supports more than 300 payment methods, over 200 markets and more than 140 currencies as of September 2026.
- **WorldFirst** — Cross-border business accounts, marketplace collections, supplier payments, foreign exchange and treasury services for SMEs and enterprises.
- **Bettr** — Inclusive and embedded finance services including credit technology for platforms and financial institutions.
- **ANEXT Bank** — Singapore digital wholesale bank serving business customers, including micro-businesses.
- **Falcon TST** — Time-series forecasting technology for cash flow and FX exposure; an open-source model was released in November 2025.
- **WhaleRTP** — Blockchain-based real-time treasury platform connecting bank infrastructure and tokenised deposits for cross-border liquidity management.
- **Alipay+ Agentic Mobile Protocol** — Payment protocol enabling AI-agent transactions through wallets and other mobile interfaces; launched April 2026.

## Achievements

- Supported over 2 billion digital cross-border transactions in core emerging markets during 2025, according to the company.
- September 2026 reporting describes a network of 150 million merchants and over 2 billion consumer accounts.
- Capital A reported up to 40% lower FX hedging costs after Falcon deployment.
- Open-sourced Falcon TST in November 2025.
- Received a Brazilian Payment Institution licence in September 2026.
- Closed approximately US$1.2 billion Series A financing in July 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Closed approximately US$1.2 billion Series A equity financing on July 21.
- **2026-09** — Received a Payment Institution licence from the Central Bank of Brazil on September 4.
- **2026-09** — Announced Know-Your-Agent interoperability collaboration with Mastercard and Visa on September 10.
- **2026-09** — Presented a full suite of AI-based payment, account, FX, treasury and growth solutions on September 18.
- **2026-09** — Announced Antom’s Google Gemini partnership on September 30.
- **2026-10** — Expanded HSBC tokenised-deposit treasury collaboration into the Middle East on October 6.
- **2026-10** — OCBC launched tokenised-deposit treasury solution between Singapore and Malaysia on October 7.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ant-intl.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ant-international/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Ant_Intl
- GitHub: https://github.com/ant-intl

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Last updated: 2026-10-11