Blog Tag - Alipay

Expats & Visitors Rejoice: Upgrades to Digital Payments are Here
It’s a new era of payment convenience for international residents in Beijing and visitors to the capital city. A series of updates to Weixin Pay (a...
Welcome to Beijing: A Guide to Payment Services in the Capital
Ever since China began expanding its visa-free travel and 72/144-hour visa-free transit policies to more countries last year, have you had any...
Beijing Wants You to Boost Your Waimai Spending: How to Claim Your Share
Feeling deja vu? This isn't the first time that the Beijing government has offered up huge savings to consumers, but this time, the focus is on...
How to use Beijing's Smart Parking System
While Beijing's public transit system allows residents to get by handily without a car, those who do commute by driving may have noticed that...
First Alipay, Now WeChat: China’s Mobile Payment Systems Welcome International Cards
China’s mobile payment platforms are getting a major upgrade. According to reports from Tencent earlier this week, users will now be able to link...
How to Use Alipay as an International Visitor to Beijing
Imagine a perfect day in Beijing. Perhaps you start with a jianbing for breakfast, fresh off the griddle. Sufficiently fueled up, you head off to...
A Short History of the QR Code in China and Why Southeast Asia Is Next
China’s love for QR codes is no secret. From meals and groceries to rent and rides—quite literally everything can be paid for by scanning QR codes....
Let Us Pay: No More Excuses to Remain Without WeChat Wallet or Alipay
All the bank information you type in must be exactly consistent with what was used to open your bank account. This includes capitalization and order...
One year on, Apple Pay finding little traction in the Middle Kingdom
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. After a slow start, Apple Pay is now dominating its home country, the United States....
DP How to Use the Newly Bilingual Alipay as a Laowai
In 2015 we wrote a guide to setting up Alipay's Chinese app on your smartphone. Since then, WeChat Wallet has since become a ubiquitous medium for...
My Precious: 9 Things You Should Do If You Lose Your Phone
Mobile phones are infinitely important to us civilized people trying to survive in this cruel metropolis. Nowadays our phone is an extension of our...
Apple Pay, Samsung Payment Options Coming to China in Early 2016
Consumers in China will have two more electronic and mobile payment options in 2016, as Apple's Apple Pay and a similar solution from Samsung have...
Don’t Go Topless: the NiHao App Helps You Stay Online 24/7
Are you sending a ton of selfies to your crush overseas? Do you have a boss that keeps you on-call 24/7? Or, do you just need navigation all the time...
Apple Pay May Be Coming to China in Early 2016; New Apple Store Opens at Joy City Chaoyang
Apple's Apple Pay could be joining Alipay, Baidu Wallet, and WeChat Wallet as an electronic payment option in China starting next year, The Wall...
Net Savings: Paying for Utilities on WeChat Wallet and Alipay
Net Savings is a regular series on our sister site beijingkids in which they guide your through businesses and services that accept mobile payment...