WeChat Pay records fourfold rise in mainland tourist taxi payments in Hong Kong

WeChat Pay records fourfold rise in mainland tourist taxi payments in Hong Kong

WeChat Pay Hong Kong has recorded a fourfold increase in mainland Chinese tourist payments for taxi services in the city from last year and growing usage among locals and visitors alike, according to parent company Tencent. Vice-president of Tencent Financial Technology Daniel Hong Danyi said on Thursday that the number of transactions from mainland tourists…

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Alipay and WeChat Pay see booming inbound spending in China during Labour Day holiday

Alipay and WeChat Pay see booming inbound spending in China during Labour Day holiday

Early figures from China’s two dominant mobile payment services, Alipay and WeChat Pay, showed strong inbound travel spending during the country’s five-day Labour Day holiday. Alipay, a unit under Ant Group, said in a statement on Monday that both the number of transactions and total spending by inbound travellers across 13 e-wallets in its network…

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Hong Kong ‘golden week’ tourist hits and misses: nicer workers, e-payment poor

Hong Kong ‘golden week’ tourist hits and misses: nicer workers, e-payment poor

Some mainland Chinese tourists visiting Hong Kong during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday have expressed surprise at improvements in service attitudes but believe the city’s e-payment system could be better. They said waiters and waitresses were no longer rude while serving and spoke better Mandarin after notoriously impolite restaurant staff, shop workers and taxi…

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Hong Kong ‘golden week’ tourist hits and misses: nicer workers, e-payment poor

Hong Kong ‘golden week’ tourist hits and misses: nicer workers, e-payment poor

Some mainland Chinese tourists visiting Hong Kong during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday have expressed surprise at improvements in service attitudes but believe the city’s e-payment system could be better. They said waiters and waitresses were no longer rude while serving and spoke better Mandarin after notoriously impolite restaurant staff, shop workers and taxi…

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