Chinese tech giants Tencent Holdings and Ant Group said that they would allow users to link international credit cards to their platforms, an issue that has long plagued foreign visitors as the country’s payment system has kept credit cards out for years.
Tencent, operator of the popular chat app WeChat and payment network WeChat Pay, said on Wednesday that WeChat users overseas can link credit cards issued by Visa Inc to their WeChat app from next month. Foreign tourists can then pay with WeChat when traveling in mainland China.
This comes after Mastercard announced last week that cardholders can link credit or debit cards to the Alipay digital wallet where they can finally “pay like a local”.
微信和支付宝将恢复支持外国信用卡，方便游客来华消费
腾讯今日表示，从下个月开始，海外微信用户可以将 VISA 信用卡绑定到微信支付上，外国游客来华旅游时可以直接使用微信支付。
