An EO has been signed that may ban Alipay/ANT/WeChat Pay in 45 days from now.
Does anybody know the gov processes in making this happen? Or how tech companies would deal with this?
Does this potentially mean we may have to use paypal going forward?
ps: Please can we all not discuss any politics regarding this matter for the sake of our friendships here. Thank you!
i mean are you using alipay/wechat pay to buy flashlights now? or anything else? im chinese, and i dont even use it for anything, and theres almost always another option, cc, paypal, debit, etc. i dont think its gonna affect us too much.
Maybe there is a misunderstanding on my end - all of my purchases on Aliexpress show up on my statements as “Alipay” - and then a location. so
“Alipay Singapore” for payments via Paypal
“www.aliexpress.com” CC
“Aliexpress.com” CC
“Aliexpress” CC
I believe that all of these payments are handled via the Alipay network?
So using Alipay via Aliexpress app is permitted, but not via the Alipay app?
well you’re not using alipay via aliexpress, you’re using your own paypal or cc, whether or not aliexpress uses alipay from that point on is up to them, i believe if the ban takes place and stays in place, its only for your own payment method, no?