i do have seen the same bank cards with Visa and/or Mastercharge logos on it, but never seen a foreigner with one yet. Only Chinese.For foreigners to have a credit or debit card issued by Chinese banks he or she must have lived here for a while, maybe even own property, be ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Some Chinese people are concerned about foreigners taking their jobs and using public welfare resources, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, as China considers easing rules on granting permanent residence to foreigners. In a draft of revis...
China has been working to make mobile payment processes more accessible to foreigners. Foreign travelers can now link credit cards from major issuers such as Visa and Mastercard to local platforms like Alipay and WeChat Pay. In November, the number of WeChat Pay transactions made using foreign c...
Residents or foreigners who opened a bank account with any of the major banks in China will gain access and take advantage of the UnionPay system. It is China’s only bank card organization as well as internet bank linkage with ATMs across the country. This is essential because only a handf...
China mobile payment giants Alipay and WeChat Pay announced plans to open up their platforms to foreigners visiting the Chinese mainland. Alipay now allows travelers to use the app through a prepaid international bank card, while WeChat plans to link the app to five foreign credit card com...
The most frequently question on the (hyper-popular) article on how foreigners can use Alipay is "what if I don't have a Chinese bank card"? Here's the easiest solution so far. It's called Tourcard (formerly called Tourpass).It rolled out a while ago, and we waited for this...
Thanks to simplified mobile payments for foreigners, visitors like Liliana can now easily bind overseas bank cards with Alipay or Tenpay, two major payment apps in China. In the first half of the year, the number of foreign card transactions through mobile payment platforms increased 6.65 times ...
Travelers using any of eight overseas e-wallets, including Bangkok Bank Mobile Banking and NAVER Pay, can now make payments on the Chinese mainland by scanning WeChat QR codes, according to UnionPay. This upgrade is a significant step in China's broader efforts to...
Inviter’s name XX, gender X, date of birth: XX, Chinese ID number XXX (or foreign passport number XX, Chinese permanent residence card number XX), current address in China is XX, contact phone number XX, email XX. I hereby invite the following relatives to visit China for a short-term...
Credit Card PAY NOW 02 WESTERN UNION NAME ZIER LIU CITY Kunming, China 03 BANK TRANSFER IF YOU ARE NOT IN CHINA (for receiving US dollars) NAME OF THE BANK INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA KUNMING CHENGFA BRANCH ADDRESS OF THE BANK ...