China Science and Technology Enterprise Tencent will open WeChat payment merchant networks to international card organizations such as VISA from mid -to -late July.This means that overseas users will be able to bind international credit cards and debit cards, and pay to merchants through WeChat in China.
Chen Qiru, Vice President of Tencent Fintech Chen Qiru, revealed the above news in a round table discussion in Summer Davos held in Tianjin in Tianjin.
He said that WeChat payment currently covers 10 million small and medium -sized merchants. The open online and offline merchant scenes this time include and are not limited to commercial super shopping, catering, hotel accommodation, transportation and travel, etc.Overseas users abide by foreign cards in China for mobile payment and consumption experience.
WeChat payment is one of the two major electronic payment platforms in China. Another platform Alipay has also allowed overseas users to bind international credit cards in China for cashless payment.
WeChat Pay began in November 2019. After supporting overseas users to bind international credit cards, some pilot merchants consume, such as the China Railway 12306 ticket purchase platform, Didi Chuxing, JD.com, Ctrip, etc.
It is understood that overseas users still have to verify their status when WeChat pays the foreign card.In addition, although we can pay in China through WeChat payment in China, overseas users still cannot pay for social attributes such as personal transfer and red envelopes in WeChat.
