Alibaba Offers WeChat Pay on Some Apps at Beijing’s Behest
- Tencent had earlier allowed external links on WeChat
- China pressures tech giants to dismantle ‘walled gardens’
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. added rival Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s payment system to some of its apps, further widening cracks in the internet giants’ walled-off ecosystems.
Services including food-delivery app Ele.me, online ticketing platform Damai, e-book reader Shuqi and Kaola, a site for imported goods, now offer WeChat Pay alongside existing payment options like Ant Group Co.’s Alipay, according to checks by Bloomberg News on Tuesday.