Travellers can now use DBS PayLah! at over 100 million merchants across China

DBS PayLah! users can now make QR payments at more than 100 million Alipay and Weixin Pay partner merchants across mainland China. The expansion gives travellers a wider way to pay without extra transaction fees and makes DBS the first Singapore bank to support QR payments across China’s three major payment ecosystems.

More than three million users can scan a merchant’s code or show their own code for the merchant to scan. Before confirming payment, they can see the amount in yuan, the exchange rate and the Singapore-dollar total; the latest app version is required. The move comes as foreign nationals made 11.6 million trips to China between July and September, up 15.6 per cent year on year, with Singapore among the top 10 source countries.