Uber, Alibaba team up to provide services in foreign marketsMay 3, 2016 - 14:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ride-hailing service Uber and the payment service of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group are expanding a partnership to allow Chinese travelers to summon and pay for a car in any country where Uber operates, the Associated Press reports. The agreement announced Tuesday, May 3 adds to expanding links between U.S. and Chinese companies in the growing global market for smartphone-based transportation services. Uber and Alibaba's Ant Financial said Chinese travelers will be able to use either company's app to summon a car in 400 cities in 69 countries where Uber operates. They can pay for it in Chinese currency using Ant Financial's Alipay app. Uber riders have been able to use Alipay to pay for transportation in mainland China since 2014. That expanded to this year to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. The two companies said they would expand cooperation in India through Alipay's links with Paytm, that country's largest payments provider, AP says. Rival ride-hailing services Didi Kuaidi of China and Lyft of the United States agreed in September to link their apps to allow travelers to use them in each other's markets. In December, they expanded the alliance by adding India's Ola and Southeast Asia's GrabTaxi. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |