{"id":834,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/starbucks-stores-in-the-mainland-have-begin-accepting-alipay\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T06:35:29","slug":"starbucks-stores-in-the-mainland-have-begin-accepting-alipay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/starbucks-stores-in-the-mainland-have-begin-accepting-alipay\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Stores In The Mainland Have Begin Accepting Alipay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alipay – the Alibaba-backed mobile payment tool – announced that, effective immediately, it can be used for payment in more than 2,800 Starbucks stores in the Chinese mainland, according to Alipay’s official Sina Weibo account.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alipay – the Alibaba-backed mobile payment tool – announced<\/a> that, effective immediately, it can be used for payment in more than 2,800 Starbucks stores in the Chinese mainland, according to Alipay’s official Sina Weibo account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The payment tool was also extended to Starbucks stores in China’s Macao Special Administrative Region and Malaysia as well as at Japanese airports including Narita International Airport, Kansai International Airport and Naha Airport in Okinawa Prefecture, the company said.<\/p>\n

Starbucks and Alibaba announced that Alipay is available for Chinese tourists at all 242 Starbucks stores across Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Starbucks and Alipay are also jointly promoting a gift coupon for Starbucks stores in the mainland. Consumers who spend 50 yuan ($7.6) at the stores before October 15 using Alipay will get a coupon worth 5 yuan.<\/p>\n

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Compared with its main rival WeChat Pay of Tencent Holdings, which forged a strategic alliance with Starbucks last December, Alipay may be lagging behind in winning over the coffee merchant.<\/p>\n

“WeChat Pay might have offered more favorable items in the profit-sharing of payment traffic compared with Alipay last year,” commented Mr. Wang, a finance industry analyst at Analysys, adding that WeChat’s huge user base is another advantage.<\/p>\n

According to Belinda Wong, CEO of Starbucks China, WeChat Pay accounted for 29 percent of all transactions in the first quarter of this year and “elevated the Starbucks experience for both customers and partners through its convenience and fast transaction speed.<\/p>\n

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