Ant Group restructures Alipay around AI agents

Ant Group merged its digital payment, Alipay, and Zhima Credit business groups into a new Alipay unit, betting on "agentic commerce." CEO Cyril Han said the sector is entering explosive, large-scale growth, with Wu Minzhi leading the new group while remaining chief people officer.

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