No, credit cards can generally only be used to settle purchases made within Alipay.

But Alipay can buy funds.

Take the purchase of Tianhong Fund as an example: by transferring money to Yu'ebao, you purchase the Yu'ebao currency fund provided by Tianhong Fund, and you can earn profits.

Tianhong Fund Management Co., Ltd. is one of the national public fund management companies established with the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

Tianhong Fund was established on November 8, 2004. At the end of 2014, Tianhong Fund’s public assets under management reached 589.8 billion yuan, ranking first in the industry.

Tianhong Fund is recognized as the fund company with the most Internet spirit.

In 2013, Tianhong Fund changed the entire fund industry by launching the first Internet fund-Celestica Zenglibao Monetary Fund (Yue Bao).

As of the end of 2014, Yu'e Bao's scale was 578.9 billion yuan, firmly ranking as the largest single fund in China.

Yu'e Bao is a balance value-added service created by Alipay.

The funds in Yu'e Bao can also be used for online shopping payments at any time and can be withdrawn flexibly.