Tencent’s WeChat Pay brings palm payments to Macau, targeting mainland Chinese tourists

Tencent’s WeChat Pay brings palm payments to Macau, targeting mainland Chinese tourists

Chinese social media giant Tencent Holdings has introduced its palm-recognition technology in Macau, allowing mainland tourists to pay in shops by holding their hands over a scanner, using its WeChat Pay service. This is the first time that Tencent’s WeChat Pay, known as Weixin Pay domestically, has made palm payments available outside the mainland. In … Read more

Tencent closes WeChat Pay in Malaysia as it shifts focus to Chinese tourists

Tencent closes WeChat Pay in Malaysia as it shifts focus to Chinese tourists

Tencent Holdings is shutting down WeChat Pay Malaysia, the Chinese technology giant’s six-year old local e-wallet service, as it seeks to shift its focus in the Southeast Asian country to catering to Chinese tourists. WeChat Pay Malaysia stopped registering new e-wallet users from August 1, and will discontinue its local payment services on September 1 … Read more

Tencent’s WeChat Pay expands coverage to the Maldives amid rebound of Chinese holidaymakers heading overseas

Tencent’s WeChat Pay expands coverage to the Maldives amid rebound of Chinese holidaymakers heading overseas

Tencent Holdings’ WeChat Pay can now be used by mainland Chinese tourists in the Maldives, as the expanded coverage of the firm’s popular digital wallet rides on the recovery of China’s outbound travel. The Chinese tech giant on Monday signed a three-year deal with the tourism authorities of the Republic of Maldives to jointly promote … Read more