Alipay, WeChat Pay, Bank of China pull fingerprint tech on Samsung devices
Chinese financial service providers including Alipay, WeChat Pay, and Bank of China withdrew the fingerprint authentication feature from their apps on several…
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Alipay, WeChat Pay explicitly forbid crypto-related transactions
China’s big two digital payment platforms Alipay and WeChat Pay have issued separate statements on Thursday making explicit their policies forbidding…
WeChat Pay and Alipay partner QFPay develop new digital payment solutions
Digital payments startup QFPay announced today that it has raised $20 million in new funding led by returning investors Sequoia Capital China and Matrix…
WeChat Launch Free WeChat Mini Program Course for Global Audience
Udacity and Tencent WeChat are launching a new free course to teach developers around the world how to create their own mini-programs on WeChat.
WeChat isn’t a messaging app, it’s a public utility service
TENCENT’S WeChat is part of everyday life for people in the People’s Republic of China. It’s where people go when they want to book a cab, order for lunch,…
WeChat to launch entirely voice enabled services for drivers this year
At a company conference yesterday, Tencent Auto Intelligence (TAI)’s vice president Zhong Xuedan announced that it will launch voice-enabled WeChat services…
WeChat challenger Toilet pivots to e-commerce, rebrands as Haoji
Failed anonymous chat app is pivoting to social shopping South China Morning Post What happened: Toilet, an anonymous messaging app that launched in January,…
WeChat Shuts Down Crypto Buying and selling as China Continues with Crypto…
On April 30, WeChat made adjustments to its payment terms protocol. From now on, merchants that have accounts on the app are forbidden from conducting any…
WeChat opens up tagging function for ads on social Moments section
WeChat announced on Monday (in Chinese) that tagging is now available for all advertisements in the social app’s News Feed-like Moments section. Users can…
Tencent doubles down on healthcare, tests medical services on WeChat
Tencent is testing real-time clinic services in its WeChat wallet feature and mini-program ecosystem, the latest move for the social and gaming giant as it…