“We’re here to be disruptive. Who wants to write checks?”
When Alipay North America’s president, Souheil Badran, took the stage at Innovation Project 2017 for his fireside chat with Karen Webster, there was a lot to discuss. The Chinese consumer, remittances, Ant Financial’s push to create a truly global financial services platform — they hit all of it during the 30 minutes or so Badran had the stage.