My wechat money i added my dbs card but it states card not supported for payment under the money page.
Now my friend in china is sending me money through wechat, i cannot accept the money still. What can i do?
Has WeChat tightened the rules? Can't receive Hong Bai without China card now
No guarantee but you can try the following to see if you can receive money using QR Code.
Me -- Wechat Pay -- Money -- Receive Money.
Try receive small amount first.
yeah the money can be received if the sender send through the QR code but i cannot receive if its sent as a angpao.
No workarounds right?
in that case the money in the wallet, what can i do with it atm apart from going to china and spending it
My wechat money i added my dbs card but it states card not supported for payment under the money page.
Now my friend in china is sending me money through wechat, i cannot accept the money still. What can i do?
It is true that the DBS card does not support payment.
But I completed the process of adding it anyway and once having done that, status of my account turned to (实名认证) thus I am able to receive / send out HongBao and make payments to vendors using the balance in my wallet.
For those who has money in their wechat , there is a shop near my home can help to convert to cash.
$1 - 5.1rmb
I always got china friend send ang pao money to me, the last I convert is 800rmb to $152 dollars.
Interested can pm me.
the main issue is with to Top Up the wallet.
no China ID no China credit card.. impossible..
how do you top up? can share?
Anyone use katocard to topup?
No idea, you can compare with local service like this one.
http://www.zgspcjsc.com/wechat/templates/index/redpackage.html?v=20180521
S$10.35 for RMB50
S$20.65 for RMB100
S$30.95 for RMB150
S$41.25 for RMB200
At least this one has big supermarkets as the physical presence so should be relatively safe.
http://www.zgspcjsc.com/wechat/templates/index/index.html?v=20180712
Edit to add: supposedly this type of services needs to be regulated, so be careful to deal with individuals offering such service for profit.
你的微信号绑定中国的银行卡了吗?
微信钱包充值目前只适合绑定中国的银行卡或者实名认证的微信用户才能领取哦,而且同一个微信号每天只能领10次
Don't have China credit card....
Basically without a China debit/credit card you have to rely on someone else to get funds in/out of Wechat/Alipay . It's still not foreigner/tourist friendly yet at this time. Last Dec I went to a BOC branch and enquired about opening a bank account for foreigners. Apparently you just need a local address and a local phone no.
Yes you are right to point out that WeChat Pay and Alipay are still meant for Chinese Citizens or foreigners living in China. That is why they require local bank account and local SIM card.
As for bank account, it depends on the location and the bank. So you were using a hotel address? Then you were lucky. Which city in China?
the main issue is with to Top Up the wallet.
no China ID no China credit card.. impossible..
how do you top up? can share?