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  • 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


  • Musk takes inspiration from WeChat: here is how the X app will work

    X, the everything app. That is the name of the new creature the billionaire founder of Tesla is working on and now determined to conquer Twitter. It takes the platform used by hundreds of millions of Chinese people every day as its model

    October04,2022


  • Chinese court accepts Douyin's case against Tencent over alleged monopoly

    The Beijing Intellectual Property Court Sunday accepted the case filed by the popular Chinese short-video platform Douyin against the Internet giant Tencent over alleged monopolistic behavior.

    February08,2021


  • 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


  • U.S. firms could suffer from Washingtong's assault on Chinese tech companies: analysts

    The U.S. administration's restrictions imposed on Chinese tech companies could backfire and cause damage to U.S. firms, CNN has quoted analysts as saying.

    August17,2020


  • 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 eyes empowering global tourism services for outbound Chinese travelers

    China's popular social media platform WeChat launched a project Tuesday to work with tourism authorities worldwide to digitalize services to tap the country's growing outbound tourism market.

    November27,2019


  • China's Alipay, WeChat Pay ban virtual currency trading

    China's two leading digital payment platforms Alipay and WeChat Pay have made explicit their policies forbidding transactions related to virtual currency trading.

    October12,2019


  • WeChat reports robust overseas payment transactions during National Day holiday

    Leading Chinese social media and mobile payment platform WeChat reported robust overseas payment transactions during the National Day holiday as more and more Chinese users travel abroad.

    October09,2019


  • China's WeChat enables in-flight mobile payment

    China's popular social media platform WeChat has made in-flight mobile payment possible by post-landing settlement.

    July25,2019


  • Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, WeChat Pay jointly launch smartphone apps

    The Japanese Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc. has launched on Tuesday a slew of applets in collaboration with WeChat Pay, a third-party payment platform run by Tencent.

    July17,2019


  • More than 22 mln people employed in WeChat-related jobs in China: report

    More than 22.35 million people across China were employed in WeChat-related jobs in 2018, according to a report released Monday.

    March05,2019


  • WeChat Pay lands in Fiumicino

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

    February15,2019


  • Cambodia's leading telecom operator launches WeChat Go SIM for Chinese visitors

    Cambodia's leading mobile operator Smart Axiata has launched the Smart WeChat Go SIM, a new prepaid product targeting Chinese visitors, according to its press release on Saturday.

    February03,2019


  • Sri Lanka to launch WeChat Pay for Chinese tourists

    A Sri Lankan bank said on Wednesday that Chinese tourists visiting the island country could pay for their goods and services through the WeChat Pay facility in order to attract more Chinese tourists.

    January10,2019


  • 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


  • Deal inked to introduce Alipay, WeChat Pay to East Africa

    Kenya-based regional financial institution Equity Bank and Singapore-based online payment company Red Dot Payment on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to introduce Alipay and WeChat Pay to the East African market.

    June14,2018


  • 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 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


  • WeChat users send 38 billion messages daily

    Some 38 billion messages were sent everyday via WeChat, according to a report published Thursday by Tencent Holdings, the owner of the popular messaging app.

    November13,2017


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