Changi airport embraces WeChat Pay at 150 retail outlets

13 Jul 2018 2049 | World Travel News

Singapore Changi Airport will soon be South-east Asia’s first to accept WeChat Pay airport-wide and become the airport with the widest acceptance of the Chinese cross-border payment solution in Asia and outside of China.

The Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced that 150 outlets – including Changi’s duty-free, luxury retail shops and online store iShopChangi – will soon accept WeChat Pay as a mode of payment.

WeChat Pay to be rolled out to most shops at Changi Airport by year-end

Most of the airport’s merchants and brands are expected to offer the payment platform by the end of this year.

CAG and WeChat Pay recently entered a three-year marketing partnership, which will see the two launch and publicise joint shopping promotions at Changi Airport, including discounts for users of the payment platform.

The partnership will also allow the airport to send WeChat Pay users targeted marketing messages.

Grace Yin, operation director of WeChat Pay, commented: “Singapore is an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative, and Changi Airport is the transportation hub of Singapore.