Shenzhen Means of Payment
Notes as of August 2019 as things can change quickly Shenzhen. 2019-11-04
Alipay for travelers: https://twitter.com/tks/status/1191319805686452226?s=21
7/21
- I can no longer use WeChat Pay to get money transfers from Chinese people.
Tsuraumi. I got caught by this the day before yesterday and could not recharge... I can no longer use the method of having a Chinese person send money to me and receive it (when I receive it, I am sent to the account verification screen). I can still receive Alipay, but .... Maybe it's just a matter of time.
Alipay HK (Hong Kong version) may be used in some cases with a credit card
- 7/12 [Good news: I was able to use Hong Kong's version of Alipay (AlipayHK) to make payments in mainland China | Cabreblog
- Hong Kong travelers should include! How to Activate Hong Kong's Version of Alipay AlipayHK | Cabreblog
- Hong Kong (+852) phone number required
- SIM card or eSender
- I bought a SIM, but haven't tried it.
- eSender: Forward SMS to WeChat
- A must for China business travelers! eSender" to get a Chinese phone number for SMS without having a SIM | Shiftall blog
- In this explanation, you get a mainland China phone number, but all you need is a Hong Kong number
- It says Real name registration is needed for mainland China, so maybe real name verification is only needed when getting a mainland number.
- A must for China business travelers! eSender" to get a Chinese phone number for SMS without having a SIM | Shiftall blog
- SIM card or eSender
- I could create an account.
- (8/6) Error when trying to register credit card
- Local: Error again trying to register another card
- 7/12 [Good news: I was able to use Hong Kong's version of Alipay (AlipayHK) to make payments in mainland China | Cabreblog
(8/1)
If you use regular Alipay (not the Hong Kong version), it is not so difficult. You can use your Japanese phone number. The rest is passport and a selfie. [Shigeru Kanemoto https://www.facebook.com/nishiohirokazu/posts/10218875643858664?comment_id=10218875738461029&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A% 22r%22%7d]
- This was tried on 7/11.
- (8/2)There are reports that you can create an account for the continental version of Alipay with eSender.
- Server busy kept coming up on 8/1, but they were able to do it on 8/2.
- (8/5) There is a report of passport authentication with a Japanese number.
- (8/6)
I was able to create an account with a Japanese number.
The continental version of Alipay requires you to create an account with a Japanese phone number and then enter your passport number to get a review, but I don't know where to enter that (the remaining balance screen, I was told).
It was from the "me" button in the lower right corner, not from the buttons on the top page.
Me→Balance and you will get a screen asking you to add an ID (I forgot to take a screenshot).
- If you select Face, you will be asked to select your country, and if you select Japan, you will be authenticated with your Passport.
- When sending a picture of my face, I mistakenly sent it even though it wasn't taken properly.
- (8/7)
- I got an SMS notification.
- already yǐ already
- The testimonials you submitted at the time of your Zipteco operating status examination have already passed the Artificial Nucleus."
- Nucleus: Examination
- So you can pass it.
- But when I open Alipay, I get "Failed: Server busy".
- Pressing Retry keeps that screen on.
- I hit cancel by mistake.
- I'm back on the home screen.
- It looks like I could do it because the balance screen no longer asks me to submit ID, but I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do.
- Does it mean that the screening was completed and only the screen showing the results of the completed screening was server busy?
- After this, I was actually able to receive the money transfer locally, so it seems safe to ignore this server busy
I left Japan in this state, but it was a painful mistake.
- I could get a local resident to send money in this state.
- But when I press Pay, I get the following display
- This Enable should have been done in Japan.
- When you try to Enable, you will be asked to create a Payment Password.
- At that time, an SMS will be sent to the Japanese number you used to create your account, asking for verification.
- If you try to do it locally, there is no way to read the SMS sent to your Japanese number.
- I thought of a move to use au's worldwide data flat rate, but it didn't work (I'll try again below).
- Trying to change to an e-Sender phone number.
- Indication to the effect that "someone has already created an account using this number, so it cannot be used".
- I think this simplified button is for merging accounts, but I'm not sure who created the account and merged it...
- There have been similar cases of putting money into someone else's account where the balance and payment history is still available.
- The Hong Kong SIM that I use for internet connection locally has 10 digits after the country code, and I can't use it because it says "incorrect mobile number format".
8/10 au's "Global Data Flat-rate" is now available!
- Pointing to a local SIM and installing au's "Global Data Flat-rate App".
- When I used the "Global Data Flat-rate App" with an au SIM pointed to it, I got the following error
- I had given up earlier because following these instructions did not resolve the error.
- In the process of writing what I did on this page to organize the current situation, I opened the PC version of the World Data Flat Rate web page and the instructions were different
- I followed the instructions in the web version and successfully got a "flat-rate worldwide data plan".
- Now I could receive SMS.
8/11
I could be the payer in a person-to-person transfer.
- Splitting the cost of food and drink
- The other party sends a QR code via collect, we scan the code and send the amount of money.
Could pay at a convenience store.
- Enter the amount of money into the reader at the convenience store
- This one gives out a QR code with pay, and the machine reads it.
I haven't tried it, but it should be possible to make a payment at a store that doesn't have a reader terminal as well, since it's essentially a person-to-person transfer.
8/12
- It worked with subway ticket machines.
- Scan the QR code displayed on the ticket machine
- The subway seems to have a worse internet connection during the rush hour to get home, and I had a timeout (super time) once.
- It worked with subway ticket machines.
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