From making everyday payments to booking flights, you’ll have to do as the locals do – or you won’t get far.
Alipay
Users who travel overseas will now have the option to make e-payments through the mobile application in Italy, Singapore, Mongolia, Malaysia and South Korea.
The platform says it is teaming up with Alipay+ to greatly expand its coverage, ‘improving travellers’ payment and shopping experience.’
Mobile payments topped 26 billion patacas last year, 40 percent more than in 2021 and 20 times more than in pre-pandemic 2019.
Bank of China, ICBC, Luso International, Tai Fung Bank, CGB, Mpay, AliPay and UePay lend support to e-payments.
The Macao government to launch new integrated payment machine “Simple Pay” in the first quarter of the year.
The company launched the mobile app “MacauPay” which generates QR codes to be scanned with a point of sale (POS) machine or other devices by the cashier.
In recent years, China’s e-commerce and online payment markets are getting mature and popular. Smartphone payments tools like Alipay and Wechat are now inseparable from public life. Yet, these markets are still at the beginning stage in Macau. An e-commerce expert from Guangdong suggested the two places to build together an online payment platform, or […]
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said that no casinos are using Alipay, a third-party on-line payment platform affiliated to Alibaba Group. The policy secretary also said the government would ensure that all transactions through Alipay be dealt with in line with official regulations. Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of […]
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