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Walgreens expands Alipay acceptance in deal with Ant Financial

February 14, 2019

Alipay is partnering with Walgreens in a deal that will allow millions of Chinese visitors to the U.S. to make mobile payments at the point of sale, according to a press release.

Alipay was previously available at 3,000 Walgreens stores in the U.S. and will now expand to 7,000 locations. Walgreens has more than 9,560 stores in the U.S.

"This collaboration has particular significance to our Chinese customer population, which now has a new way to experience Walgreens," Richard Ashworth, president of operations at Walgreens, said in the release. "[T]hey will now also be able to shop in the U.S. using Alipay as they would in China."