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  • WeChat to launch Miniapps

    Social and communication app WeChat is expected to launch its Miniapps on January 9. Miniapps are described as the solution to prevent users from having to clear apps when needing space on their device.

    January04,2017


  • WeChat Pay lands in Fiumicino

    Rome airport shops will now accept transactions through the Tencent payment app.

    February15,2019


  • WeChat QR payment access expanded for visitors to Chinese mainland

    Chinese financial services provider UnionPay International, in collaboration with leading Chinese payment platform WeChat Pay, has introduced enhanced payment services for foreign visitors to the Chinese mainland, aiming to offer more diverse and convenient payment options.

    December18,2024


  • WeChat expands in U.S., EU

    China's most popular messaging service provider WeChat is expanding in the EU and the U.S. in a bid to find more mobile payment opportunities around the world, but some experts believe the app's major focus should be on Southeast Asia and India.

    May08,2017


  • Popular British brands embracing WeChat

    Popular brands, including Burberry, Mulberry, British Airways and Durex, are among British companies successfully using instant messaging application WeChat in the Chinese market.

    February24,2017


  • China's National Day holiday sees surge in online payments: WeChat

    China's just-concluded National Day holiday has seen strong consumption momentum, as indicated by a surge in the number of transactions made via Weixin Pay, a major mobile payment method in China.

    October09,2024


  • Tencent enables voice-operated WeChat in vehicles

    China's most popular instant messaging tool WeChat will be embedded in some new cars to enable drivers to communicate with others on the platform via voice-control.

    August28,2019


  • Cities partner with WeChat to lure Chinese travelers

    Chinese mobile app WeChat is working with cities wanting to attract more visitors from China.

    December06,2017


  • WeChat shuts down reward function on iOS

    China's Tencent Holdings' instant messaging app WeChat closed the function to reward its public account articles on Thursday on Apple's Inc's iOS, according to an announcement on WeChat's official account.

    April21,2017


  • WeChat active in job creation in 2019: report

    WeChat, China's popular multi-functional social media platform, created about 29.63 million job opportunities in 2019, report data showed.

    May18,2020


  • WeChat to make more of UK pay digitally

    WeChat Pay is expanding into the United Kingdom next month.

    April10,2017


  • WeChat to make more of UK pay digitally

    WeChat Pay is expanding into the United Kingdom next month.

    April10,2017


  • Russia blocks instant messaging app WeChat

    Russia on Friday banned the access to Chinese instant messaging app WeChat, saying its operator failed to register with the appropriate authorities.

    May08,2017


  • WeChat AI conversation system makes debut

    An artificial intelligence (AI) conversation system developed by the team behind WeChat, China's most popular social media platform, made its debut Wednesday in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.

    January10,2019


  • WeChat Pay digital wallet debuts in UK

    WeChat has worked with SafeCharge, a British payment technology company, to make WeChat Pay available at point-of-sale locations in the UK for the first time.

    November24,2017


  • Starbucks partners with WeChat to launch social gifting tool

    Starbucks today announced the launch of "用星说" (Say it with Starbucks), a new social gifting feature on WeChat, China's leading mobile social communications service.

    February13,2017


  • National WeChat mini-program launched to promote e-government services

    A national WeChat mini-program was launched Wednesday to enable users to enjoy over 200 e-government services via the cross-region and cross-department digital platform.

    June06,2019


  • Richard Ginori to enter the Chinese market with WeChat

    Richard Ginori, symbol of the Italian excellence in the high-quality artistic manufacture of pure china, has opened an official account on WeChat, the most important and most used Chinese multifunctional platform worldwide, owned by Tencent.

    September03,2020


  • WeChat Pay launches new service in HK

    "We will further increase our investment in the cross-border payment business in Hong Kong to help local merchants better serve mainland...

    April14,2017


  • WeChat Pay HK expands payment services to mainland

    Internet giant Tencent has partnered with the mainland's largest payment provider China UnionPay and its subsidiary UnionPay International to offer cross-border mobile payment services for Hong Kong residents

    September29,2018


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