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  • Foreign travelers keen to visit China amid favorable measures and enhanced tourism services

    China recently has recorded an inrush of foreign travelers. The booming inbound tourism has created the buzzword "China Travel" on overseas social media platforms, reported the Xinhua-run China Securities Journal.

    August08,2024


  • Xinhua Headlines: Behind China's growing appeal to international travelers

    China is welcoming more tourists with new visa policies. Many visitors have changed their perspective on China after their visits of the country.

    July17,2024


  • Convenient mobile payments bring better travel experience for foreigners

    For Jamie and Liliana, a couple who traveled to the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu from Australia, using Alipay for payment was an experience as unique as strolling through the historic Kuanzhai Alley.

    July08,2024


  • Shanghai issues prepaid travel cards for inbound travelers' convenience

    Shanghai has released Shanghai Pass, a multipurpose prepaid travel card, to facilitate easy payment by inbound travelers and other visitors not in favor of mobile payment.

    May22,2024


  • China moves to further boost payment convenience for foreigners

    Jennifer Anzora, a Salvadoran student studying in Beijing, routinely used Alipay to pay for her coffee. She was pleasantly surprised to see that her native language, Spanish, had been added to the app.

    March22,2024


  • China's non-cash payments soar in Q2

    The non-cash payments handled by Chinese banks maintained steady expansion in the second quarter, with mobile payments sustaining growth momentum, the central bank said.

    September13,2021


  • China UnionPay launches contactless payment service in Singapore

    China UnionPay announced on Monday that it recently launched a contactless payment service in Singapore.

    April07,2020


  • China reports mobile payments surge in Q4 2019

    China's mobile payments registered a robust growth in the fourth quarter of 2019, data from the central bank showed.

    March23,2020


  • 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 mobile payments maintain rapid growth in Q3

    China's mobile payments continued fast growth in the third quarter of 2019, showed data from the central bank.

    November25,2019


  • East China's Zhejiang to facilitate mobile payment

    The Hangzhou Central Sub-branch of the People's Bank of China (PBC) on Monday released a four-year action plan to facilitate transactions across east China's Zhejiang Province, seeking basic full mobile payment coverage by 2022.

    October29,2019


  • China's electronic payments continue steady growth

    China's electronic payments maintained steady growth last year with broader coverage, official data showed.

    October28,2019


  • Alipay reports rising overseas transactions during National Day holiday

    Chinese mobile payment giant Alipay reported surging overseas transactions during the National Day holiday as the company accelerates its footprint expansion across the globe.

    October09,2019


  • 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


  • Mobile bank N26 becomes Germany's most valuable start-up

    With a valuation of 3.5 billion euros in its latest financing round, the mobile bank N26 is now the most valuable German start-up.

    July24,2019


  • China's mobile payment technology gains popularity overseas

    As implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) advances, the economic and trade ties between China and involving countries are getting closer, promoting the global application of China's mobile payment technology and bringing new opportunities for relevant countries.

    July11,2019


  • Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area becomes more financially convenient

    With the mobile payment project promoted by Guangzhou Branch of the People's Bank of China, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is becoming more and more convenient in finance.

    June26,2019


  • "Global journey" of mobile payment

    With the model of "technology output and partners", Alipay has nurtured local "Alipays" in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea. Today, Alipay and the local ones are serving over one billion global users.

    April22,2019


  • Cross-border payment help boost financial co-op between China and Bangladesh

    China UnionPay, Ant Financial Services Group and the Chinese consortium consisting of Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange have launched or deepened their financial cooperation with Bangladesh in recent years, jointly boosting the implementation of Belt and Road In

    April15,2019


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