Ant Int’l deploys privacy enhancing technologies in Alipay+

Only encrypted data is transferred to Alipay+ for processing.

Ant International has upgraded Alipay+ with privacy enhancing technologies (PETs).

With PETs, all data processed by Alipay+ is encrypted before processing and remains unidentifiable by Ant International throughout the entire payment process.

Only encrypted data is transferred to Alipay+ for processing, according to a press release on 23 April 2026.

The roll-out supports Alipay+ partners’ compliance with data privacy regulations across cross-border transactions, increases assurance of data privacy for end-users without degrading current user experience or operating requirements, and reduces risk of transmission of sensitive information.

Ant International worked with Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) to evaluate a proof-of-concept (POC) for PETs-enabled AI prediction model training and utilisation.

Using the use case, the PDPC released a practical guidance on how data should be classified and handled using the POC’s scenario.

PETs can be valuable tools to unlock new data opportunities, without compromising sensitive information, said Denise Wong, assistant chief executive of data innovation and protection, IMDA, and commissioner of PDPC.

“We are pleased that Ant International’s participation in IMDA’s PET Sandbox has resulted in the deployment of PETs in Alipay+, a global digital payment solution for many,” Wong said.

Alipay+ is a wallet ecosystem covering 150 million merchants and 1.8 billion customer accounts globally.

“This upgrade enables us to safeguard and strengthen that trust, by giving partners and customers assurance that their data remains private throughout the payment lifecycle – even to us,” said Jiang-Ming Yang, chief innovation officer of Ant International.