> Il 28/09/2024 00:19 CEST Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto: > > You can pay for all sorts of things with WeChat (sometimes the only way!), > but the problem is getting money in, since many countries forbid their banks > from dealing. On my last trip, I wound up handing cash to a local who > transfered some money to my WeChat. That's probably forbidden. You can now use AliPay in China (also WeChat, I think) with a Western credit card as funding method. Up to a certain total transaction amount (I think something like 1500€) you can use it without uploading an ID. Last April in Beijing it worked in most places (metro, museums, small shops) even if I did not have connectivity and was offline, though at a restaurant it wanted to verify my password so I had to ask them for wifi. The app is a bit confusing as it will sometimes revert to Chinese, but it's mostly translated in many Western languages and has a handy "translate" button when it's not, though that requires connectivity. -- Vittorio Bertola | Head of Policy & Innovation, Open-Xchange vittorio.bertola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Office @ Via Treviso 12, 10144 Torino, Italy
