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You can have a very similar experience in China. So many things are now paid for by mobile wallets such as WeChat Pay that do not support foreign accounts. It's
by eigenvector 8y ago
You can have a very similar experience in China. So many things are now paid for by mobile wallets such as WeChat Pay that do not support foreign accounts. It's great for locals and for the government that - in an authoritarian country - gets unfettered access to all that personalized spending data. For tourists, not so much.
- joosters 8y agoWeChat payments work fine with foreign cards...
- kenneth 8y agoNot really. It's very finicky at best. Activating a WeChat wallet requires a Chinese ID or a bank card, and the latter works very unreliably with any foreign cards.
- zmk_ 8y agoI didn't try with WeChat but I did try with AliPay. You can register your non-Chinese card, but it will not let you pay with it.
- Jommi 8y agoNo it doesn't. Not in mainland China. Who told you this?
- Markoff 8y agoanyone can send money to your account if you hand them cash without linking card, only thing you need to create account it's phone number plus cash it's also accepted everywhere