Stripe has expanded its partnership with Tencent to enable in-person payments via Weixin Pay—also known as WeChat Pay—on Stripe Terminal in 20 countries.
The update builds on an existing collaboration that began in 2017 and adds support for Stripe’s point-of-sale hardware, allowing businesses to accept Weixin Pay from customers not just online, but now in-store as well.
Markets covered include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, the UK, the US, and others.
Weixin Pay is the digital wallet embedded in Tencent’s Weixin app, which has over 1.3 billion monthly active users.
Stripe says this addition will help merchants tap into the global Chinese diaspora—over 50 million people—many of whom live, work, or study outside China.
Stripe cited internal data showing that businesses adding Chinese payment methods like Weixin Pay have seen revenue from this segment double.
Torrens University Australia and food delivery app HungryPanda are among the businesses already using the feature to support payments from overseas Chinese customers.
Stripe plans to expand Weixin Pay support further by introducing recurring payments for eligible merchants.
Participating businesses can also access Weixin’s Global Gift Pack Mini Program to boost engagement and visibility within the app’s ecosystem.
“Today’s announcement marks a significant step forward in the strategic partnership between Stripe and Tencent.
We’re thrilled that our longstanding partnership with Tencent continues to make it easier than ever for global businesses to reach overseas Chinese consumers.”
said Paul Harapin, Chief Revenue Officer, Asia Pacific, at Stripe.
“Working with Stripe to expand our international reach and strengthen our unified commerce efforts is a natural next step in our journey.
Stripe’s global network and payment infrastructure makes it easy for businesses to accept payments from customers using Weixin Pay quickly and safely—wherever they are in the world.”
said Monica Zheng, Managing Director of Weixin Pay Oceania.
