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China: WeChat and Alipay remove restriction on use by foreigners in the PRC

Announcement

06 Nov 2019

November 7th, 2019 - The owners of WeChat Pay and Alipay, the two primary providers of non-cash payment in China, open the service up to foreigners.

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Number of interventions

1

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

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Implementation date

07 Nov 2019

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Last action: 06 Nov 2019
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force
On November 6th, 2019, according to consistent news reports and announcements from the respective company representatives, the two Chinese non-cash payment providers WeChat Pay and Alipay opened their...
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