{"id":12067,"date":"2016-06-29T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T07:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=12067"},"modified":"2021-03-30T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T12:53:23","slug":"wirecard-alipay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/12067\/wirecard-alipay\/","title":{"rendered":"Wirecard: Chinese investors deny investment rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><p><strong>Since Sunday, the rumor mill has been bubbling: Are Chinese investors, with Alipay, acquiring a stake in the payment processor Wirecard? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deraktionaer.de\/aktie\/displayAction-252250.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The shareholder<\/a> Alipay now denies such reports.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Munich-based company has been collaborating with Alibaba&#039;s Chinese payment subsidiary Alipay on selected projects for some time now. For example, starting in mid-July, thanks to the collaboration, Chinese tourists at Munich Airport will be able to pay via app. Regarding this collaboration, Markus Eichinger, Head of Mobile Services at Wirecard, said in mid-June, &quot;[Alipay] ... is an important strategic partner for us.&quot;<\/p>\n<h3>Rumors about Alipay&#039;s entry denied<\/h3>\n<p>Recently reported <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bild.de\/geld\/wirtschaft\/china\/milliardaer-steigt-bei-deutscher-high-tech-firma-ein-46489104.bild.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Picture on Sunday<\/a>\u00a0 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gruenderszene.de\/allgemein\/alipay-wirecard-alibaba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">startup scene <\/a>about a possible entry of the Alibaba Group into the Munich-based payment processing provider. Negotiations for a 25 percent stake were underway. However, Alipay has now denied these rumors.<\/p>\n<p>Founded as a startup in Munich in 1999, Wirecard is now a publicly listed technology company with over 3,500 employees worldwide. As early as 2007, the company began tapping into the Asian market by establishing its own local companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rumor mill has been churning since Sunday: Are Chinese investors, along with Alipay, acquiring the payment processor Wirecard? According to Der Aktion\u00e4r (The Shareholder), Alipay has now denied such reports. The Munich-based company has been cooperating with Alibaba&#039;s Chinese payment subsidiary Alipay on selected projects for some time. 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