You can use WeChat Wallet as soon as your China bank card has been securely linked.

Your WeChat Wallet will open if you’ve linked your foreign banking card, but you might not be able to make a purchase right away.

The simplest way to pay for lunch or things in a store is to tap the money button on your home screen or in your wallet. To make a purchase, you typically scan a vendor’s QR code.

To send money to a friend or contact, you’ll enter into that contact’s chat and under the menu options find “Send Money”.

You’ll be prompted for the amount, you can choose how to pay (with a card or using your balance) and then easily send the money. It has to be accepted within a certain number of days or the money gets returned to you.

It is also possible to use other payment features within the WeChat Walletincluding paying your phone bill, taxis and train tickets, as well as movie passes.

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