Recently, Tencent and MTR Corporation Limited formally signed a cooperation agreement, and the two parties will cooperate on the mobile payment business of WeChat Pay HK.
In the future, both mainland tourists and friends in Hong Kong can use WeChat to pay MTR tickets ~
If you are a friend in the mainland, using WeChat payment will automatically exchange tickets according to the exchange rate, without using Hong Kong dollar cash or Hong Kong dollar account bank card to purchase tickets.
If you are a local friend in Hong Kong, you can use WeChat to pay HK directly. Don't be afraid of not bringing Octopus!
According to the latest data, there are 980 million monthly active users of WeChat, among which the cross-border service of WeChat payment supports compliance access in overseas 19 countries and regions, and transactions in more than 13 currencies. In Hong Kong, merchants in department stores, retail, restaurants, scenic spots and other industries have been widely used.
As early as last month, WeChat Pay HK has launched a series of upgraded payment functions in Hong Kong, including payment code payment, QR code payment and the upcoming WeChat payment.
At present, WeChat Pay HK has supported taxis, tea restaurants, supermarkets and other scenarios. Hong Kong's small partners can open WeChat, bind credit cards and experience mobile payment as convenient as the mainland.
But this is not enough! At the two sessions this year, Mark also said this sentence:
This year, we will strive to expand the application scenarios of offline mobile payment in Hong Kong.
The latest data shows that WeChat has more than 65.438+billion active users, while WeChat cross-border payment business supports 654.38+09 overseas countries and regions, with more than 654.38+03 RMB transactions. In Hong Kong, department stores, retail stores, restaurants, scenic spots and other businesses have also begun to be widely used; Now, the subway can be paid by WeChat soon. In the future, will the day finally come when I go downstairs to Hong Kong for morning tea and scan the QR code?