However, the plans have regained momentum as China began reopening this year. But as China closed its borders during the COVID-19 pandemic and international arrivals to the country plummeted, such initiatives had taken a back seat, two people familiar with the matter said. Tencent and Ant had formed partnerships with Visa and Mastercard in 2019 to make foreign cards usable on their platforms. Prior to the easy card linkage change, foreigners in China typically needed to set up a Chinese bank account to access Tencent’s and Ant’s mobile payment networks. Foreign visitors often find themselves unable to pay for things in China where many shops and restaurants now only accept mobile payment rather than credit cards or cash.
Alipay is the mobile payment app owned by Ant.Ĭhina’s mobile payment network became highly closed-off to overseas tourists since mobile apps became the predominant payment method in the country in the late 2010s, triggering a boom in ecommerce. This comes after Mastercard (MA.N) announced last week that cardholders can link credit or debit cards to the Alipay digital wallet where they can finally “pay like a local”. Foreign tourists can then pay with WeChat when traveling in mainland China.
Tencent, operator of the popular chat app WeChat and payment network WeChat Pay, said on Wednesday that WeChat users overseas can link credit cards issued by Visa Inc (V.N) to their WeChat app from next month. It is expected that this would significantly support small businesses and local merchants.HONG KONG, June 28 (Reuters) - Chinese tech giants Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) and Ant Group said that they would allow users to link international credit cards to their platforms, an issue that has long plagued foreign visitors as the country’s payment system has kept credit cards out for years. Using WeChat Pay will be expanded in order to simplify transactions of Chinese tourists and worker, which are predicted to come back into the tourism and business section of the country inline with booster vaccine provided globally. In the future, cross border payment facilities This achievement is a big stepping stone for CIMB Niaga Bank and Arash-SwiftPass. The pandemic has not been dampened enthusiasm in preparing cross border payment facilities and infrastructure in Indonesia. The service in motion signifies that the spirit of CIMB Niaga Bank and Arash-SwiftPass collaboration is still exist amid COVID-19 pandemic. This service helps every merchant performing cross border transaction with safer, convenient,Īnd efficient instead of using cash. Through the cross border payment service, WeChat Pay user can do any digital transactions with every merchant registered to CIMB Niaga Bank and Arash-SwiftPass. (Shenzhen) as a System Integrator and Technical Service Provider (TSP). Is a result of cooperation by CIMB Niaga Bank and WeChat Pay, supported by Arash Digital (Jakarta) and SwiftPass Global Ltd.
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Thursday, January 27th, 2022, a Chinese worker used WeChat Pay to perform a cross border payment transaction using QR Code Indonesia Standard (QRIS) at Liu Li Palace Seafood Restaurant, Jakarta. WeChat Pay can be used in Indonesia until now. During the COVID-19 pandemic, WeChat Pay still can be used by Chinese worker in Indonesia
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