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WeChat Pay (Weixin Pay) is the payment function built into Tencent's Weixin/WeChat messaging app. It is operated by Tencent's subsidiary Tenpay, which holds a third-party payment licence from the People's Bank of China, and it launched in 2013. Payments happen without leaving the app: the shop scans the user's payment code, the user scans the shop's QR code, or the user pays inside a Mini Program, Official Account or partner app. Mainland users link Chinese bank cards, and visitors can link a Visa, Mastercard or JCB card to pay merchants. Weixin and WeChat had 1.418 billion combined monthly active users at the end of 2025.
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