Tech for Good
Ant Forest Promoting Carbon Reduction BehaviorAccording to the Green Digital Finance Alliance, an alliance formed by Ant Group and the UN Environment Programme, using digital platforms to promote and spread awareness about carbon emissions leads to measurable behavioral change among consumers. The alliance estimates digital promotions can incentivize mitigation activities and reduce public transport emissions by 8.6%. Read the story in
Finextra.
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Ant Group’s Evolution from Payments App to “Technology Champion”In 2004, Alipay was created to facilitate digital payments on Alibaba’s e-commerce platforms. Since then, the company has evolved in its mission, services and capabilities with a range of businesses from asset management to technology. Read the full SCMP story
here.