Ant International’s 2025 Sustainability Report

Sustainabilitymag · May 15, 2026 · 949 words · By Charlie King

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Ant International has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing the integration of sustainability metrics into management evaluations and the implementation of its '6Ts Sustainability Framework'. The report highlights the company's efforts in democratizing AI for SMEs, enhancing compliance and security technologies, and supporting various social impact projects globally.

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Claims checked 16

Techniques found 3

Topics 3

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What happened

Ant International’s 2025 Sustainability Report Ant International – a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider – has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, the second since the company began independent operation.

Why it matters

This is also the first year Ant International integrated sustainability metrics into the management's performance evaluation framework.

Common ground

Eric Jing, Chairman of Ant Group and Ant International, says: “Accountability must be structural, not aspirational.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Repetition, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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Minor concerns. Some persuasive language detected, but largely factual.

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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence

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Repetition 60% confidence

Repeating a message until it is accepted as truth.

Why it matters: Recognizing repetition helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Glittering Generalities 70% confidence

Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.

Why it matters: Recognizing glittering generalities helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Alipay+ began supporting New York Liberty, the WNBA champion team on Liberty Sneaker Drives for underprivileged groups, Math Hoops project to build youth skills and Threes for Trees project in NYC and Brooklyn”

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Claim 2: “SHIELD 3-in-1 Transformer model, supported by seven billion parameters, identifies high-risk transactions with more than 95% precision, while raising payment success rates by up to 13.5%”

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Claim 3: “This vibrant ecosystem of interoperability links up more than 10 national QR systems and supports more than 300 payment methods in over 220 markets, including all card schemes, and 50 digital wallets, bank apps and BNPL apps.”

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The specific numbers (10+ national QR systems, 300+ payment methods, 220+ markets) are confirmed by a web search result detailing the 2025 Sustainability Report and a LinkedIn post regarding Alipay+.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alipay (simplified Chinese: 支付宝; traditional Chinese: 支付寶; pinyin: zhīfùbǎo) is a third-party mobile and online payment platform, established in Hangzhou, China in February 2004 by Alibaba Group and i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alipay

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LeBron Raymone James ( lə-BRON; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masahiro Hara (Japanese: 原昌宏, Hepburn: Hara Masahiro, born on August 8, 1957) is a Japanese engineer and Hosei University graduate who is best known for inventing the QR code in 1994.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiro_Hara

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Claim 4: “This is also the first year Ant International integrated sustainability metrics into the management's performance evaluation framework.”

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Two independent sources explicitly state that this is the first year sustainability metrics were integrated into management's performance evaluation framework.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ant Group (Chinese: 蚂蚁集团; pinyin: Mǎyǐ jítuán), formerly known as Ant Financial, is an affiliate company of the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group. Ant Group was initially the financial transaction ar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_Group

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ant International is a Singapore-based financial technology company that provides digital payment, digitization, and financial services across international markets, including Asia, Europe, the Middle…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_International

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blue Ant Media Corporation is a Canadian multinational media company founded in 2011 by former Alliance Atlantis executive Michael MacMillan. Headquartered in Toronto, it has offices in Los Angeles, N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ant_Media

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Claim 5: “EPOS360, an AI-powered SME operation and financing platform, rolls out in Southeast Asia.”

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No evidence was found after searching for the EPOS360 platform rollout in Southeast Asia.

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Claim 6: “Antom Copilot 2.0 completes payment integration, onboarding, risk and chargeback resolution in secure, automated workflow”

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Multiple sources confirm that Antom Copilot 2.0 automates/streamlines payment integration, onboarding, risk management, and chargeback resolution.

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web search NEUTRAL — The enhanced capabilities of Antom Copilot 2.0 include refined payment integration, streamlined onboarding processes, advanced risk management configurations, and a new approach to chargeback disputes…
https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/news/antom-e…

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web search NEUTRAL — Antom, Ant International’s merchant payment and digitisation services provider, today announced a major upgrade to its flagship AI agent, Antom Copilot, with expanded capabilities across payment integ…
https://www.theasianbanker.com/press-releases/ant-internatio…

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web search NEUTRAL — Antom Copilot 2.0 is here - and it’s changing how merchants, especially SMEs, manage payments with AI. Built on Ant International’s Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit, the upgraded Antom Copilot now includes: Indu…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antom_thinkbeyondpayments-aip…

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Claim 7: “Open-sourced AI FX solution delivers FX forecasts with up to 93% prediction accuracy across complex, volatile currency markets”

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No evidence was found after searching for the AI FX solution and its 93% accuracy claim.

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Claim 8: “Ant International... has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, the second since the company began independent operation.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Ant International released its 2025 Sustainability Report and that it is the second since the company began independent operation.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Antom is a global merchant payment and digitization services provider under Ant International, a Singapore-based financial technology company, providing digital payment and financial services across i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antom

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Claim 9: “Alipay+ and Antom, the Company’s Global Payment pillars, now connect two billion user accounts globally to more than 150 million merchants.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for a football player named Kevin Givens, which are completely irrelevant to Ant International.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kevin Givens ... Kevin Givens (born March 1, 1997) is an American professional football defensive tackle. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Givens

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web search NEUTRAL — May 8, 2026 · Kevin Givens is an interior defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers who earned a 41.2 overall PFF defensive grade in the 2025 season, 0th among 134 qualified interior defensive lin…
https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/kevin-givens/28308

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web search NEUTRAL — Checkout the latest stats for Kevin Givens. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, college, draft, and more on Pro-football-reference.com.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GiveKe01.ht…

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Claim 10: “Antom Agentic Payment Solution enables AI agents to securely initiate and complete card- and APM-based transactions in a pioneering payment mandate model.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding Amazon promo codes and customer service, with no mention of Antom Agentic Payment Solution.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 12, 2024 · Amazon promo codes? Amazon discounts and coupons? Hey everyone, We've noticed an increase in requests and questions about Amazon promo codes. Many users have mentioned that the on-site …
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetADiscount/comments/1de4voz/amazo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Is there a way to get to Amazon's US-based Customer Service? I noticed their Customer Service has been outsourced to India. So far, my experiences with them have been ok, although their English is rat…
https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/5kumvk/is_there_a_w…

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 13, 2022 · CC company will say Amazon needs to fix the problem and Amazon will say credit card needs fix. I ended up canceling my credit card and Amazon account for good. Also, when I was trying t…
https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonprime/comments/y3c296/unrecog…

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Claim 11: “The Alipay+ Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET) programme was cited by Singapore's Personal Data Protection Commission in its practical guidance for industry application.”

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Claim 12: “FinAI-as-a-Service platform, the GenAI Cockpit gives toolkits to fintechs, such as Malaysia's TNG eWallet, and easypaisa, Pakistan’s first digital bank”

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The provided evidence discusses general GenAI applications and definitions but does not mention the GenAI Cockpit, TNG eWallet, or easypaisa in the context of Ant International.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 23, 2025 · 20 real-world GenAI applications across leading industries Generative AI is predicted to add up to $16 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Learn how 20 industries, from finance and …
https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/Real-w…

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web search NEUTRAL — GenAI is an adversarial testing framework: Generators create high-quality synthetic data (AI content) using frontier AI models, while the detectors develop AI tools to identify whether the content is …
https://ai-challenges.nist.gov/genai

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 2, 2025 · GenAI, when prompted (often by a user inputting text), can create various outputs, including text, images, videos, computer code, or music. The public release of many GenAI tools, and th…
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF1242…

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Claim 13: “WorldFirst and Bettr, the company’s Global Account and Embedded Finance services, support more than 1.6 million SMEs and provide credit access to 30 million MSMEs and underserved users”

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Two independent sources confirm that WorldFirst and Bettr support over 1.6 million SMEs and provide credit access to approximately 30 million MSMEs/underserved users.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ant International also noted that its Global Account and Embedded Finance services - WorldFirst and Bettr, support over 1.6 million SMEs, and provide credit access to about 30 million micro- and small…
https://www.financemagnates.com/thought-leadership/ant-inter…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bettr's credit tech solutions supported over 30 million customers to gain access to credit services through its partners by the end of October 2025, marking a threefold increase compared to the same p…
https://economystandard.com/over-30-million-users-benefit-fr…

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web search NEUTRAL — In India, 63 million MSMEs contribute 30% of GDP and provide jobs to 110 million people. IFC's FY24 investments are amplifying access to credit and expected to enable clients to extend 30 million MSME…
https://www.ifc.org/en/stories/2024/small-business-big-impac…

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Claim 14: “AlipayHK launched a main digital channel for charity fundraising after the Tai Po fire, raising HK$200m (US$25.6m) from 450,000 super app users in first three days”

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Claim 15: “10x1000 Tech for Inclusion, a joint initiative with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and more than 50 global partners, has certified 9,504 since 2018, 55% of whom are women.”

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Claim 16: “Ocean Buddy, an in-app mini-programme for whale-shark protection in Indonesia, was launched in collaboration with DANA and Konservasi Indonesia”

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