Zhejiang Alipay Internet Technology, the online payment subsidiary of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group, has announced that its payment website will support Mozilla's Firefox browser, making Alipay one of the first Chinese online payment platforms to fully support non-Microsoft browsers.

Alipay, a subsidiary of Alibaba, has announced in Hangzhou the launching of Hai Wai Bao, a new Chinese shopping platform which has been jointly set up between Alipay and Australia's online payment company Paymate.

Chinese Internet auction users have a new service to help protect them from fraud as Alipay, China's largest independent and third-party payment platform, has announced the launch of a seller credit program in cooperation with China Construction Bank.