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Chinese payment app giants start accepting Visa and Mastercard

Travellers to China can now use Alipay and WeChat Pay after the hugely popular mobile payments platforms moved to let people link international credit cards.

26 July 2023

News/payments

WeChat Pay and AliPay+ launch in Qatar

Qatar National Bank (QNB) has become the first bank in Qatar to launch mobile payment services WeChat Pay and AliPay+.

05 July 2022

News/crypto

Ant Group and Tencent promote their work on digital yuan with PBoC – SCMP

This weekend, the two Chinese fintech giants Ant Group and Tencent prominently displayed posters during the Digital China Summit outlining a “history of cooperation with the PBoC on the digital yuan” according to the South China Morning Post.

26 April 2021

News/payments

Trump signs executive order banning the use of Chinese payments apps

Outgoing US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with ten Chinese apps, including behemoths Alipay and WeChat Pay.

06 January 2021

News/payments

US blocks WeChat transactions

The American government is banning the use of Chinese app WeChat for the transfer of funds or processing payments within the US.

18 September 2020

Company announcement/payments

Wirecard expands e-commerce offering for WeChat Pay

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, is further expanding its e-commerce offer for Chinese online shoppers. Thanks to Wirecard, European merchants can integrate the popular payment method into their online shop in just a few minutes.

19 March 2020

Company announcement

Network International to power WeChat Pay in the UAE

Following an agreement between Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region and Tencent Holdings Limited, official developer of WeChat Pay, the mobile payment service will soon be widely available to Network’s merchant partners across the UAE.

24 February 2020

Company announcement

Deutsche Bank introduces WeChat on Symphony

Deutsche Bank today announced that it will introduce WeChat (Known as Weixin in mainland China) on its Symphony platform, backing a partnership between Symphony and Tencent to connect Symphony’s community of 450,000 global markets professionals with the WeChat network.

07 November 2019

Company announcement

Worldline integrates WeChat Pay in Switzerland

Worldline [Euronext: WLN] is adding WeChat Pay to its payment solution in Switzerland. Visitors from China can now pay using their smartphone in Switzerland just as easily as they can at home.

06 November 2019

Company announcement/payments

SnapPay helps small North American merchants accept Alipay and WeChat Pay

SnapPay, Inc., provider of international payment solutions, today announced how small and independent businesses can easily offer popular Chinese mobile payment applications, Alipay and WeChat Pay.

28 August 2019

Company announcement/payments

Line Pay and WeChat Pay integrate

LINE Pay Corporation, operator of the LINE Pay mobile money transfer and payment service available on the LINE messaging app, announced today that its merchants have been integrating WeChat Pay since August 9.

19 August 2019

News

BBVA brings WeChat Pay to Spanish airports

China's WeChat Pay has landed in Spain thanks to a deal with local banking giant BBVA and travel retail operator Dufry.

18 June 2019