Is Germany WeChat’s Backdoor to Western Consumers’ Wallets?
Lately I have been thinking about how Tencent’s WeChat can enter other markets. It has been a tremendous success in China with more than one billion users. Toge...
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Wechat Pay is Available in App Store and Apple Music
Since August 29, Wechat Pay is available for users in Chinese mainland to purchase in the App Store or subscribe in Apple Music. Users can choose to bind and t...
More details about Alibaba's investment in Cainiao
On September 25, in a bid to further fuel the progress of its “new retail” strategy, Alibaba announced that it intends to raise its stake in its affiliate—Caini...
10/2/20174 min read
Ant's Alipay Opens Money Transfers to Users of Tencent's WeChat
Chinese smartphone users have recently discovered a new function within Alipay, Ant Group's payment platform, allowing them to transfer funds to contacts on Tencent's WeChat app. Many netizens said that the function is not as simple as it sounds, and evaluation has been mixed.
Alipay Launches International Version to Ease Access for Foreign Users
Ant Financial has announced that their market leading payment platform is now available for all foreign users to pay in China.
11/5/20192 min read
Xpeng Joins Forces with Alipay to Implement In-Car Payment Functions
On November 27, Xpeng Motors announced that they have signed a deal with Alipay to jointly develop in-car payment functions.
11/27/20192 min read
Alipay Establishes Cross-Border Remittance Partnership with Finablr
On November 27, 2019, Alipay and Finablr announced a global partnership to provide cross-border remittance services.
11/28/20192 min read
Jack Ma Just Ate His Own Words
He Swore ‘Never Do Games Business’ While Now Enter Game Industry in High Profile In June 2010, when talking to the then Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Alibaba Cha...
WeChat Pay and Japan's LINE Pay Deepen Mobile Payment Cooperation
On September 11, according to WeChat Global, WeChat Pay and LINE Pay announced that they would further deepen their cooperation in the field of mobile payments and begin integrating WeChat Pay with LINE Pay's merchants in Japan.
9/12/20192 min read
Didi Pay Fined 4.27M Yuan by People's Bank of China
Information released on July 15 by the Business Administration Department of the People's Bank of China (Beijing) showed that Didi Pay has been formally warned for 12 kinds of illegal acts and fined 4.27 million yuan ($632,349).
7/18/20223 min read
ofo will upgrade its locks which “snap open with single touch”
On August 22, ofo announced it has completed the R&D of the brand new smart lock supporting NFC payment and began mass production. The new locks will be rel...
Beijing Metro Fully Supports Scanning Code
Alipay's official account on Weibo announced that Beijing Yitongxing APP was officially launched, and users could buy tickets in the APP and collect tickets fro...