Chinese Tourists

Europe’s High Street Retailers Feel Loss of Chinese Luxury Shoppers
Europe’s High Street Retailers Feel Loss of Chinese Luxury Shoppers
August 26, 2022  |  Retail

Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, Chinese tourists — once the darlings of luxury spending on European high streets — have been such...

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Barclaycard Brings Alipay To UK Retailers With New Deal
Barclaycard Brings Alipay To UK Retailers With New Deal
March 14, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Barclaycard, the U.K. credit card and debit card payment processor, announced Thursday (March 14) it inked a new agreement with Alipay, the Chinese digital payment service...

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Barclaycard Inks Deal With UnionPay
Barclaycard Inks Deal With UnionPay
March 05, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Barclaycard, the U.K. payment company, announced Tuesday (March 5) that it has inked a new partnership with UnionPay International, a unit of China UnionPay. According...

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Building Bridges For Chinese Consumers To U.S. Commerce
Building Bridges For Chinese Consumers To U.S. Commerce
March 20, 2018  |  Mobile Commerce

According to the U.S. Commerce Department, 2.97 million Chinese nationals visited the U.S. in 2016 (the last year for which data is available), spending a net total...

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The Rise Of The Chinese Tourist – And The Power Of Using Payments To Greet Them
The Rise Of The Chinese Tourist – And The Power Of Using Payments To Greet...
March 01, 2018  |  Mobile

When Los Angeles first began its efforts to market to international tourists in 2006, China wasn’t much of a consideration. With all of the nations...

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WeChat Pay Launches Promotion For Chinese Lunar New Year
WeChat Pay Launches Promotion For Chinese Lunar New Year
February 16, 2018  |  EVO Payments International

WeChat Pay, the mobile payment arm of China’s WeChat, is running promotions to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, also referred to as the Spring...

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Lacoste US To Accept Alipay As Payment Method
Lacoste US To Accept Alipay As Payment Method
January 12, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Alipay, the digital payment arm of Alibaba, announced Thursday (Jan.11) it had entered into a partnership with French apparel brand Lacoste that will enable Alipay...

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Payworks Partners With Alipay In Europe
Payworks Partners With Alipay In Europe
August 04, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

Payworks, a provider of point-of-sale (POS) payment infrastructure, announced news on Thursday (Aug. 3) that its payment gateway technology will be supporting the integration of...

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AliPay, UniCredit Team To Enable Chinese Tourists To Pay For Goods In Italy Via AliPay
AliPay, UniCredit Team To Enable Chinese Tourists To Pay For Goods In Italy Via AliPay
April 07, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Alipay, the payment service of Alibaba and UniCredit, the Italian bank, has inked a new partnership that enables Chinese tourists in Italy to pay for...

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