Alipay has partnered with Zapper to allow Chinese tourists visiting the United Kingdom to pay using the Alipay app in more than 1,000 locations nationwide.

The world’s leading mobile payment platform run by Ant Financial Services Group tapped Zapper to help the company seize a slice of the Chinese tourism market in the UK, according to Finextra.

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Zapper is the first European mobile partner of the Chinese third-party online payment platform that will let 450 million active Alipay users to pay for goods through the Alipay app across affiliated Zapper businesses in the UK, Europe and North America. 

“With Zapper as a partner, Alipay can further enhance our user experience as they can conveniently shop outside of China and pay with Alipay," said Rita Liu, Head of Alipay EMEA. "Meanwhile merchants, in addition to the Alipay payment solution, can better connect and understand hundreds of thousands Chinese tourists travelling in the UK.” 

The deal between the two companies suggests strong synergy for both brands in terms of innovative mobile-based QR code technology. Alipay users will also enjoy the same mobile payments in China upon buying goods and services using Zapper.

Similar to Alipay, Zapper’s QR technology will let almost one million users across 10 different countries and 12,000 affiliated businesses to pay and earn rewards via QR code scanning. Its technology is now allowed to take payments from the Alipay app used by 11.7 million Chinese tourists visiting Europe annually, Banking Technology reported. 

Moreover, Alipay partnered with Wirecard to make payment at Munich Airport, Ingenico to allow tourists in accessing European stores, and Paytm to grant Alipay app usage across India.

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