Singapore – Ant International, a digital payment and financial technology solutions provider, has named Jiang-Ming Yang as its chief innovation officer (CIO), effective immediately. Yang is set to focus on transforming the company’s digitalisation strategy.
As the new CIO, Yang will lead a team that drives Ant International’s innovation and product strategy, ensuring their alignment with trends and customer needs.
Yang brings his expertise in payments and e-commerce, having recently served as Ant International’s chief product officer. During his tenure, he focused on developing fintech solutions. He led the establishment of various AI-powered solutions like Antom’s A+Rewards, Copilot, and EasySafePay.
Recently, Ant International’s CEO, Peng Yang, announced upgrades to its payment solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises. The move is directed towards inclusive growth for the sector.
“Ant International will continue to invest at the frontier of innovation to help businesses, especially SMEs, to achieve sustainable growth in an increasingly complex global environment. Top on our list of priorities will be to push the cost and efficiency boundary for cross-border payment and settlement; to democratise cutting-edge technology solutions for SMEs on payment, trade and financial services; and to revolutionise user experience with new intelligent technology for cross-border travel,” Jiang-Ming commented.
