Oceanpayment Co-founder and CEO Lanny Yang Named to Fortune China's 2026 Most Powerful Women – Future List

Recently, Lanny Yang, Co-founder and CEO of Oceanpayment, was named to Fortune China’s 2026 Most Powerful Women – Future List.

Now in its 17th year, the Most Powerful Women (MPW) list recognizes women leaders shaping the business world, while the Future List highlights women whose influence is growing across technology, industry and global markets.

This year’s MPW focuses on decision-making in an age of efficiency, exploring how leaders make long-term decisions at a time when technology is making it faster and easier for businesses to enter markets and operate more efficiently: where to invest, which capabilities to continue building, and how to create a reliable foundation for long-term growth.

Building for the Long Term

Since its founding in 2014, Oceanpayment has continued to expand its global business. As customers enter more markets, their payment needs continue to evolve — from adapting to local payment preferences to managing risk, money movement and cross-market coordination. These needs are increasingly interconnected, requiring payment providers to continuously deepen their understanding of markets, build capabilities and deliver reliably.

As Co-founder and CEO, Lanny has helped drive Oceanpayment’s expansion while continuing to strengthen its digital payment services. As new market opportunities emerge, she and the team continue to ask how the capabilities already in place can evolve alongside customers’ businesses — and stay ready for what comes next.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping commercial interactions and the way transactions are initiated. While new ways of transacting can improve efficiency, they also bring new requirements around authorization, risk and trust. For the payments industry, putting these technologies into real-world use means addressing these questions together.

Looking Ahead

The Future List focuses on business influence that is still taking shape. For Lanny, that influence reflects both long-term judgment and the sustained work of turning that judgment into action.

Lanny’s inclusion in this year’s Future List also reflects Oceanpayment’s twelve years of continued development in global digital payments and its long-term work supporting businesses as they grow across markets. Oceanpayment will continue to build reliable digital payment services grounded in customers’ real operational needs, supporting their long-term growth in global markets.