To facilitate tourists from all over the world to scan and pay in China, more than 240 million overseas UnionPay cards can be bound to Alipay

This website reported on July 10 that with the introduction of a series of convenient entry policies such as visa exemption, more and more global tourists are traveling to China, and inbound tourism continues to heat up.

In order to further help global tourists use Alipay to travel in China and improve the convenience of payment for inbound tourists, Alipay announced last night that it will cooperate with UnionPay International to upgrade payment services. Inbound guests can bind their overseas-issued UnionPay cards after downloading and registering the Alipay App. Just like domestic users, you can scan Alipay QR codes to pay at tens of millions of merchants in daily scenes of eating, drinking, playing and shopping.

According to reports, currently, over 240 million UnionPay cards have been issued in 81 overseas countries and regions. With the implementation of this cooperation, these UnionPay cards can be bound to the Alipay App, fully supporting various payment modes such as primary scanning, being scanned, password-free payment, and in-app payment.

Inquiries on this website learned that with the guidance and support of the People's Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Alipay cooperated with Wanglian Clearing Company, Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, overseas wallets, etc., and became the first domestic company to obtain two Approvals for payment plans for inbound travelers include “downloading the Alipay App and then binding an overseas bank card” (for external card binding) and “directly using an overseas e-wallet to scan the Alipay QR code” (for outsourced internal use).

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