The increase in Tencent’s revenues in Fintech in 2018 was driven by its take-rate on commercial transactions collected from merchants, cash withdrawal fees and credit card repayment charges collected from users, and the service fees from financial institutions for the distribution of FinTech products such as WeiLiDai and the wealth management products on our LiCaiTong […]
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China third-party mobile payment market Q1 2018; dominated by Alipay and WeChat
The total transactions of third-party mobile payment reached 40.36451 trillion yuan (US$6.08 Tn) in Q1 2018, up by 6.99% over Q4 2017 and dominated by Alibaba affiliated Alipay (54%) and Tencent Finance. Alipay continued to lead this market with a share of 53.76%, followed by Tencent Finance (38.96%), they combined accounted for 92.71% of the […]
WeChat and Alipay payments are making smartphones obsolete
When you are still astonished by the unique experiences brought by mobile payment in China, WeChat and Alipay have already started to lead a new payment innovation out of smartphones. Highways contactless payment Alipay launched “license plate payment”. As long as the Zhima Credit is more than 550 points, users can directly bind their car […]
WeChat Simplifies “Receive Payment” Process
In WeChat’s latest update this week, a new feature allows users to collect payment in easier way by simply clicking on the plus icon in the main interface.
WeChat, Weibo or Alipay? Who Won Hongbao War in 2015?
Total hongbao volume on Chinese New Year eve exceeded one billion on WeChat compared with 240 million on Alipay. The volume during the same period on Weiob was 101 million who started Hongbao campaign on 2 Feb 2015.
Insights of China Mobile Payment (Wechat, Alipay) Users
Mobile payment is growing more and more popular as mobile internet and e-commerce developed, but mobile users needed to be guided and their mobile habits needed to be cultivated. Alipay, the largest mobile payment platform in the world, and Wechat payment are now most popular among China mobile payment users.
Wechat Aiming Int’l E-commerce Market with Payment Solutions
Recently, Wechat payment is discussing cooperation with some e-commerce websites on importing business and overseas e-commerce including eBay.
Wechat Launched Card Payment, Faster Than Using Credit Card
Wechat launched a “card payment” option with which users can make fast payment at supported retail chains; this payment is either using remaining fund in Wechat Wallet or linked to the user’s bank ATM card.
WeChat Tests POS Payment, Ambitiously Boosts O2O Services
Could Wechat avoid Unionpay to test its POS payment? The answer is yes. Many reliable sources indicated that Wechat POS payment will launch on 22 in March, 2014.
WeChat Quietly Mimics Xiaohongshu as Tencent Strengthens Its Core Strategy
In an unexpected yet strategic move, WeChat has been quietly introducing a new content feature, closely resembling the popular Chinese lifestyle platform, Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book). Through subtle UI adjustments, primarily using red dot notifications, WeChat has begun channeling users into a dual-column, image-text format that feels strikingly similar to Xiaohongshu’s interface. This development, which […]
WeChat Users & Platform Statistics 2023
In 2022, the total views of the original content on WeChat Channel (video account) increased by 350% year on year, and the scale of live broadcast increased by 300%, according to WeChat’s data released on 10 January 2023.
China’s 3rd-party payment market 2021-2025e: mobile vs. internet
The third-party mobile payment transactions in China increased to 74.0 trillion yuan in the first quarter of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 39.1%, according to data from iResearch. iReserarch forecasts China’s third-party mobile payment market would reach 74.2 trillion yuan in the second quarter of 2021. China’s third-party mobile payment is mainly composed of three […]
Mini Program platforms 2021: WeChat vs. Alibaba vs. Baidu (Updated)
Mini Programs (MP) are light applications designed to run on top of a specific mobile app. Top technology companies in China have designed and run their own mini-program framework; and, the most popular ones include WeChat platform, Alibaba (Alipay platform; Taobao platform), Baidu Smart Program, and QuickApp. Lifestyle service is the most popular category on […]
Top 500 Chinese brands in 2021; WeChat is China’s and the world’s strongest brand
Chinese brands show resilience as the total value of the top 500 brands in China remains stable at US$1.94 trillion in 2021, according to the latest Brand Finance China 500 ranking.
How WeChat empowers large retail chains for private traffic
Most large retail chain enterprises in China operate multiple WeChat mini-programs, and each mini program carries different businesses or functions. Watsons, for example, operates 10 mini programs, including official “cloud store” (online shopping mall), Zhidepin (group buying), member center, and Zaomei Planet. Convenience store chain Meiyijia operates 9 mini programs and IKEA operates 8 mini […]