Before 20 12, you can use a credit card to recharge Alipay account, which belongs to consumption.

However, since February 8, 20 12, Alipay has closed the channel for recharging credit cards to Alipay. This regulation is mainly to further standardize the online cashing behavior of credit cards. At the same time, closing the channel of credit card recharge to Alipay will also bring indirect help to improve the security of users' funds. After the introduction of this regulation, Alipay can only use bank cards or Internet to remit e and recharge cards.