New Foreign Mobile Payment Service Introduced For Chinese Oversea Consumers Shopping In Canada
Motion Pay Technology launches Canadian pilot program with Birks
February 23, 2017 – A pilot program launched today by Motion Pay Technology and Birks, Canada’s leading jeweller since 1879, heralds a new era of foreign mobile payment services for Chinese tourists and oversea consumers shopping in Canada. Both Alipay and WeChat Pay are now available at Birks’ Rideau Centre location in Ottawa making Birks the first merchant to accept WeChat Pay in North America, and one of the first to accept Alipay in Canada. This service will soon roll out to nine additional Birks stores across the country, including Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary.
