Alipay, the Alibaba affiliated mobile payment service, has inked a partnership deal with Yelp to push its services to Chinese tourists in the US.
The deal will enable Alipay’s 520 million Chinese users to access content, book restaurants and pay through the app in RMB while visiting New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco.
Currently the content will be Yelp’s English language version, however, a translated version of the app is planned to launch at a later stage.
Alipay, which is owned by Ant Financial, aims to roll out the service to additional cities and countries this year, as part Read full story ›
Source: The Drum