> Even beggars on the streets have given me AliPay codes to scan. While I personally use either that applies, my observation is that WeChat Pay QR code is more

> Even beggars on the streets have given me AliPay codes to scan. While I personally use either that applies, my observation is that WeChat Pay QR code is more frequently supported by grass-roots merchants like food vans etc. These WeChatPay QR codes are not for formal accounts that are supposed to receive purchase payment but personal accounts, rendering the payment a little shady, though AliPay also supports such transactions. I doubt some of these merchants do now own any AliPay accounts before they start WeChat Pay but they do have WeChat installed as it has been the dominant mobile social platform. An interesting rumor is that WeChat Pay is less ubiquitous in Hangzhou where the headquarter of Alibaba is located, and vice versa for AliPay in Shenzhen.