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Re:Asian and African super apps are following the playbook W... by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @12:58PM (#23313522)
I was also thinking about Apple Pay in my original comment. But that's iOS-only, and I'm going to hazard a guess that Google Pay doesn't work in China, so we're back to GP's point.
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Re:Asian and African super apps are following the playbook W... by wenc on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:07PM (#23313640)
Right since the existing players are entrenched, but might work for other (emerging) countries?

We've never been big on mobile payments in the U.S. (because credit cards), but I'm finding myself using Apple Pay more and more. I read somewhere than ~50% of payments in the U.S. are now contactless.

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Re:Asian and African super apps are following the playbook W... by echevil on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:20PM (#23313826)
I think it largely depends on how much Apple Pay / Google Pay could abandon their western centric design and invest heavily on localization. Payment solutions are just hard to unify - Lots of people in Indonesia don't have bank accounts, Bank transfer is actually a popular way of transaction in Brazil...
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Re:Asian and African super apps are following the playbook W... by echevil on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:09PM (#23313675)
Apple Pay works in China, but basically nobody use it. It's designed with mindset that works in developed markets, and never worked out well in China.
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Re:Asian and African super apps are following the playbook W... by wenc on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:18PM (#23313800)
Oh I can see that. When QR codes are so prevalent, the appeal of Apple Pay is probably not great.

I'm kind of thinking of markets outside China though.

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Re:Asian and African super apps are following the playbook W... by echevil on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:48PM (#23314979)
Chinese companies are also thinking about that so it's matter of what works better in those markets
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