{"id":21651,"date":"2026-06-10T21:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ant-international-powers-new-e-wallet-in-cash-heavy-mexico\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:26:18","slug":"ant-international-powers-new-e-wallet-in-cash-heavy-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ant-international-powers-new-e-wallet-in-cash-heavy-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Ant International powers new e-wallet in cash-heavy Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/06\/10\/85c406e2-b053-43d1-ba25-b52544fc9d91_b042ed4e.jpg?itok=4uu8QoKf&amp;v=1781085525\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"10.183406113537\">Ant International, the Singapore-based affiliate of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, has partnered with Mexico&rsquo;s Clip to launch an electronic wallet, hoping to disrupt cash dominance in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Latin America&rsquo;s<\/span> second-largest economy.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"13.477611940299\">Backed by Ant International&rsquo;s <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">artificial intelligence technology<\/span> and Mastercard&rsquo;s global network, the Mi Clip electronic wallet will offer users access to financial services, credit solutions and the ability to pay for everyday goods and services, and may help users build a &ldquo;formal financial identity&rdquo;, Clip said on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ant Group is an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, which owns the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1umbx1w e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.2608695652174\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Physical currency<\/span> still dominates everyday financial transactions in Mexico. Eighty-five per cent of purchases under 500 pesos (US$28.70) are still made in cash, according to a national survey cited by Clip.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"11.767441860465\">This cash dependency in Mexico persists, despite a global <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">shift<\/span> towards digital payments. A McKinsey report published in September last year said that cash usage worldwide had continuously declined, accounting for just 46 per cent of global payments in 2025.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1xd1hm8 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Clip aims to use Mi Clip to bridge the digital gap by providing e-payment infrastructure capable of supporting high-volume, complex transactions, like those required during Mexico&rsquo;s annual national shopping event of El Buen Fin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Ant International powers new e-wallet in cash-heavy Mexico<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ant International, the Singapore-based affiliate of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, has partnered with Mexico&rsquo;s Clip to launch an electronic wallet, hoping to disrupt cash dominance in Latin America&rsquo;s second-largest economy. Backed by Ant International&rsquo;s artificial intelligence technology and Mastercard&rsquo;s global network, the Mi Clip electronic wallet will offer users access to financial services, credit&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ant-international-powers-new-e-wallet-in-cash-heavy-mexico\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Ant International powers new e-wallet in cash-heavy Mexico&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}