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Sorry if it was unclear - i am referring to the payment part of WeChat. Has that ever been open to non-Chinese? Anyways it feels weird being the only who pays
by chvid 7y ago
Sorry if it was unclear - i am referring to the payment part of WeChat. Has that ever been open to non-Chinese?
Anyways it feels weird being the only who pays cash. Many places cannot provide change for a 100 yuan note (20 usd).
- fma 7y agoYes it used to be open. Now you need a Chinese credit card. Even those who had an account before are not grandfathered in. I'm in the US and have colleagues who go to China on business trips. It's a huge pain. It's almost impossible and no good work around. I can't transfer money to their wechat, and they money they have, they can't send. They cant even participate in grabbing red packets. A lot of Chinesw vendors accept wechat or alipay only, and if you use cash, people get pissed off. It's a system unfriendly to foreigners. It's a shame because I prefer it due to its ubiquity but I can't see international adoption without radical changes by the paranoid Chinese government.
- baybal2 7y agoAnd the credit limit for non residents in China has been $2500 for more than a decade.