Users of 14 popular overseas e-wallets from nine countries and regions can now make payments in Hong Kong using their home apps through Alipay+, a suite of cross-border mobile payment and digitalization technology solutions operated by Ant International, the firm said Friday.
The firm said in a statement that the e-wallets and bank apps newly brought to the city by Alipay+ include MPay (Macao SAR, China), Changi Pay and OCBC Digital (Singapore), GCash and HelloMoney (The Philippines), Hipay (Mongolia), Kakao Pay, Naver Pay and Toss Pay (South Korea), MyPB by Public Bank Berhad and Touch ‘n Go eWallet (Malaysia), TrueMoney (Thailand), and Tinaba (Italy).
This represents the largest number of international payment apps introduced to the city’s offline commercial network through cross-border cooperation at a single time.
In the meanwhile, Alipay+ and its wallet partners have also announced to create a joint mechanism on customer services — Alipay+ Service…