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>Can you elaborate on the technicals? Is it a phone app? Isn't paying with some phone apps the default in China? And I think transferring using phone apps has
by DeathArrow 2y ago
>Can you elaborate on the technicals? Is it a phone app?
Isn't paying with some phone apps the default in China? And I think transferring using phone apps has some success in Africa, too.
- homebrewer 2y agoI used Alipay (which is an Android application where you add a debit or credit card) for absolutely everything when I was there in October of last year. Sure seemed like everyone else was using it too. Except for Hong Kong, they have their own thing. I just used Google pay there.
- pjc50 2y agoDoes HK still have Octopus? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_card I remember encountering that before London launched Oyster, probably inspired by it. Worked in station vending machines as well as for tickets.
- dewey 2y agoYep, Octopus is everywhere. Alipay HK is also almost everywhere. Different app than mainland China but basically the same.