At present, WeChat Pay covers more than 300 banks, and supports several overseas credit cards, including JCB, VISA and Mastercard, which means Tencent users will have two mobile payment options. The ...

WeChat Pay HK has expanded its cross-border payment coverage to include small and micro merchants in mainland China, including taxis in Shenzhen. This comes as Chinese New Year approaches, with many ...

WeChat Pay HK has embarked on a 360-degree campaign from June to July featuring local artist Michael Tao and the company's adorable mascot “Mini Green”. The launch of the campaign aims to lure more ...

TIANJIN-Visitors to China will soon be able to pay for just about anything in the country by using its ubiquitous superapp WeChat, making their stay in one of the world’s most cashless societies much ...

Dusit Hotels and Resorts yesterday clinched a deal with Ksher and Asset Bright Plc to let Chinese guests pay their hotel bills via the mobile e-payment platform of WeChat Pay. The move by Dusit, which ...

Tencent’s WeChat Pay announced Thursday that it is now accessible by Cloud QuickPass, the mobile payment service of state-backed UnionPay. The tie-up enables QuickPass users to make payments by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how fintech is disrupting the financial industry in Asia. Tencent has always had a footprint in domestic payments ...

In the past year alone, there were more than 158 billion mobile payment transactions in China, totalling an astounding RM$500 trillion (S$145 trillion). With nearly 1 billion residents regularly ...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Friday said it has imposed a fine of HK$875,000 (US$112,205) on the local unit of Tencent Holdings’ mobile payment service provider, WeChat Pay Hong Kong, ...