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In 2011, Chinese company Alipay designed a QR code payment method which allowed partnering offline stores to accept payment by scanning an individual's QR code in Alipay Wallet. [6] In 2014, Chinese technology company Tencent introduced a similar feature on its messaging app WeChat to allow its users to make QR code payments. [7]
WeChat Pay is a digital wallet service incorporated into WeChat, which allows users to perform mobile payments and send money between contacts. [5] Now, WeChat Pay has six different payment products: Quick Payment, QR Code Payment, Mini Program Payment, Official Account Payment, In-APP Payment, and Web Payment. [6]
WeChat or Weixin in Chinese (Chinese: 微信; pinyin: Wēixìn (listen ⓘ); lit. 'micro-message') [a] is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. First released in 2011, it became the world's largest standalone mobile app in 2018 [ 5 ] [ 6 ] with over 1 billion monthly active users .
NPCI and Fonepay Payment Service announced the launch of UPI for cross-border transactions on 9 March 2024. [202] Nepal Rastra Bank began allowing Nepali citizens to pay merchants in India by scanning UPI QR codes from 27 June 2024. For commercial payments, there is a daily limit of ₹15,000 and a monthly limit of ₹100,000. [203]
Launched in 2017, [1] it was designed to compete with the existing third-party Chinese mobile payment platforms, Alibaba Group's Alipay and Tencent's WeChat Pay. The mobile app allows the user to add their UnionPay bank card, and use it for various types of online and mobile payments, including in-app online payments, QR code payments, as well ...
In South Korea, Samsung Pay can be used for online payments [5] and to withdraw money on selected banks' ATMs. [6] In Mainland China, Samsung Pay supports In-app payments, QR code payments (Alipay, and WeChat Pay) and public transportation cards of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and other cities.
Restaurants could also enable customers to scan a QR code to order dishes directly through the menu on their phone. [7] In 2016, more than 600,000 restaurants in China supported payments via the Alipay App. [8] As of 2019, 93.2% of Chinese diners paid their restaurant bills through Alipay or WeChat Pay. [9]
Instead of paying with cash, cheque, or credit card, a consumer can use a payment app on a mobile device to pay for a wide range of services and digital or hard goods. Although the concept of using non-coin-based currency systems has a long history, [ 1 ] it is only in the 21st century that the technology to support such systems has become ...