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WeChat. And let me explain why. I'll stick with technology and usability and leave politics aside. They've integrated literally everything with wc. Going to an event? Amusement park? Metro ride? Flight? Restaurant booking? The hospital? You guessed it. WeChat. Every place has a QR code (they've also have a custom QR code format they support) and any business/individual can set up to receive payments, reservations, form data, or literally anything else that can be built as a web app. There's no secret sauce to how it's done; WeChat allows you to "install" web based apps inside wechat and integrates your profile and payment abilities with it. If you want to set up a point-of-sale device to receive payments here you have to get something like Square, and set up an account, and you often need special equipment, etc. Not a great UX. With WeChat, everybody already has their payment profile linked up, so you just show your QR code, people pay, you get notified, and you're all set. It's not the best built app, though. It's glitchy, and the web-based stuff is slow. The Chinese are great at many things, but UI design/UX isn't one of them haha. It seems to work, though, and I can only imagine the gargantuan amount of payment events their infra handles. Probably many millions per second. |