Tenpay to Offer Bill Splitting via WeChat Public Account

Tencent Tech, 12/04/13

Chinese internet company Tencent's (0700.HK) Tenpay online payment service has revealed that it will launch an "AA Shou Kuan" bill splitting service account on Tencent's WeChat (Weixin) mobile messaging application, allowing subscribers to the "AA Shou Kuan" public account to calculate and split restaurant and entertainment venue bills, as well as pay their shares with WeChat's WeChat Pay ("Weixin Zhifu") feature. The new "AA Shou Kuan" feature is currently undergoing closed-beta testing.

Editor's Note: Chinese third-party payment processor Alipay recently announced that it will soon launch an audio wave-based bill splitting service for its Alipay Wallet mobile app. For more background on this topic, please see "Alipay Wallet Partners with 711 in Hong Kong and Taiwan" MD 11/28/13 issue.

Keywords: wireless Tenpay Tencent third-party payment 0700.HK WeChat Pay mobile payment

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