YeePay is a leading payment service provider that delivers payment solutions for enterprises across industries, including airline & travel, new retail, fintech, administration & education, and cross-border transactions.

Prior to founding YeePay, Chen held various roles at Oracle, John Deere Health Care, and AT&T Bell Labs, and served as a director at the Silicon Valley enterprise SVC Wireless. He also co-founded NetVan, a nonprofit promoting internet adoption in traditional industries, and advised China Central Television’s documentary The Internet Age, where he interviewed leaders such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Jerry Yang, Vint Cerf, and Kevin Kelly.

In this episode, you will hear about:

• The entrepreneurial landscape in China in the early 2000s: challenges and opportunities of building a startup at that time.
• How YeePay evolved its business model as WeChat Pay and Alipay entered the market.

• Broader insights on Web3, cross-border transactions, globalization, and the growing role of AI in the future of the payment industry.