WeChat Pay HK expands payment services to mainland

Internet giant Tencent has partnered with the mainland's largest payment provider China UnionPay and its subsidiary UnionPay International to offer cross-border mobile payment services for Hong Kong residents, allowing them to use the Hong Kong version of WeChat Pay on the mainland.

The cooperation is a move to further promote integration between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland and make life and work easier for Hong Kong people in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Starting from October, users of WeChat Pay HK, as the Hong Kong version is known, will be able to enjoy a range of cross-border mobile payment services on the mainland, including visiting restaurants, booking train tickets and hailing cars.