If approved, users in Malaysia will be able to link their local bank accounts to WeChat Pay and pay for goods and services in ringgit.
WeChat Pay and Alibaba Groups affiliate Alipay are turning China cashless by enabling payments or money transfers via code scan.
The pair are also expanding internationally in tandem with outbound tourism, getting more businesses to accept their services which allow users to make payments using bank accounts in China without complications posed by currency exchange.
Licenses for such cross-border payments differ from those required for local payment services. Hong Kong is currently the only location outside mainland China where WeChat Pay and Alipay offer payment services executed entirely in the local currency.
Alipay introduced a separate app for the Hong Kong market in May, its first non-yuan payment app.
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