Ant International, a provider of digital payment and financial technology solutions, has appointed Jiang-Ming Yang as its Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), effective immediately. Yang will focus on driving the company’s digital transformation 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 extensive expertise in payments and e-commerce, having most recently served as Ant International’s Chief Product Officer. In this role, he focused on developing fintech solutions and spearheaded the creation of several AI-driven innovations, including 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.