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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by joosters on Saturday November 10, 2018 @05:35PM (#18423891)
WeChat payments work fine with foreign cards...
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by kenneth on Saturday November 10, 2018 @05:40PM (#18423911)
Not really. It's very finicky at best. Activating a WeChat wallet requires a Chinese ID or a bank card, and the latter works very unreliably with any foreign cards.
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by zmk_ on Saturday November 10, 2018 @10:17PM (#18424819)
I didn't try with WeChat but I did try with AliPay. You can register your non-Chinese card, but it will not let you pay with it.
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by Jommi on Monday November 12, 2018 @01:15PM (#18434394)
No it doesn't. Not in mainland China. Who told you this?
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