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dLocal Integrates WeChat Pay, AliPay and UnionPay

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dLocal has announced that it supports payments through WeChat Pay, AliPay and Union Pay on its platform.

Together, the three online payments providers cover 70% of the Chinese market which had a value of USD 2.9 trillion in online payments in 2016. The new integration allows merchants on the dLocal platform to reach 300 million Chinese consumers.

The company’s payments platform supports over 200 local payment methods used in emerging markets in APAC, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. dLocal supports local credit cards, cash payments, and bank transfers in each region. Merchants that accept payments through dLocal can enable WeChat Pay, AliPay, and Union Pay with just one click.

The cross-border ecommerce market in China is booming. According to Boston Consulting Group, Chinese consumers spent about USD 750 billion online in 2016 and the ecommerce market will continue to grow by 20% annually.

Paymentwall and Tencent Make WeChat Pay Available Globally

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Paymentwall, a global payment provider, and Tencent have teamed up to make WeChat Pay available around the world.

WeChat Pay has over 600 million active users and processes USD 1.5 trillion in Chinese digital payments, which accounts for 30% of all online transactions made in 2016. Through the integration with Paymentwall, merchants in Europe, the US, Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East will be able to process WeChat payments.

The payment provider supports over 150 payment methods around the world, and merchants can gain access to all of them through an API integration. Similarly, business owners do not have to establish an entity in China to accept payments through the Tencent app.

Paymentwall supports worldwide payments with credit and debit cards, mobile payments, e-wallets, bank transfers, prepaid cards and connects global transactions from 190 countries.