Hôtel Le Crystal will be the first hotel operator in Greater Montreal to offer the WeChat Pay and Alipay payment solutions

Following an agreement between the AHGM and Motion Pay Technology Inc. in October, Hôtel Le Crystal will now host its Chinese guests with their preferred payment methods.

October 30, 2017, the Hotel Association of Greater Montreal and Motion Pay Technology Inc. have joined forces to offer Chinese hotel guests in the greater Montreal area convenient payment options. Hôtel Le Crystal will be the first hotel operator in the greater metropolitan area to allow its Chinese guests to directly access their Alipay and WeChat Pay accounts.

 

With a total of more than 110,000 Chinese tourists expected in 2017 according to Tourisme Montréal, the metropolis is a destination of choice with its luxury boutiques, fine restaurants, tourist attractions and business community. Luxury hotels are also greatly appreciated by this clientele. Located in a strategic location, it is a promising sector for Hôtel Le Crystal, which has an outstanding international reputation.

 

“We have seen the significant increase in a Chinese clientele in Montreal, and we are pleased that we can offer them an even warmer welcome with a fast, safe, pleasant payment method, says Eric Hamel, General Manager of Hôtel Le Crystal. We are constantly on the lookout for innovative methods to create a distinctive experience for our guests; we are proud to be the first hotel operator to accept WeChat Pay and Alipay payments in Montreal.”

 

The payment solution offered by Motion Pay will allow Chinese guests to settle quickly in RMB using their preferred payment method. It is a simple solution to enhance these tourists’ experience and offer them made-to-measure hospitality. Alipay and WeChat Pay are the most popular payment methods in China; together they serve more than one billion users daily.

 

“Motion Pay is proud to count Hôtel Le Crystal among its clients,” says Eric Paquet, President and COO of Motion Pay. “Chinese guests who visit Hôtel Le Crystal will be delighted to use their WeChat or Alipay account. They are the most common payment methods in China for more than 950 million Chinese consumers, and they will greatly appreciate not having to change their routine to pay for their room and purchases. As a member of the Hotel Association of Greater Montreal, Hôtel Le Crystal will reap tangible benefits by offering the WeChat Pay and Alipay payment solutions.”

 

About Motion Pay

Motion Pay Technology Inc. (www.motionpay.ca) is the first Canadian company to develop commercial partnerships with Alipay and WeChat Pay, two giants of mobile payment in China. Motion Pay offers Canadian businesses fully integrated payment solutions designed to facilitate sales to the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who visit Canada or live there.

 

About Hôtel Le Crystal

Just a few steps away from Montreal’s business district, Hôtel Le Crystal, a 5-star hotel, is also near the city’s best restaurants and, of course, its vibrant night life. Opened in 2008, the establishment is a stylish, urban, metropolitan hotel for travellers looking for friendly, refined service. Hôtel Le Crystal offers an exclusive experience complete with a conference and events centre, spacious rooms and an entire floor dedicated to wellness.

MEDIA RELATIONS:
Eric Paquet, President and Chief Operating Officer

Motion Pay Technology Inc.

514-771-4000 

Eric.Paquet@MotionPay.ca

 

 

Eric Hamel – General Manager

Hôtel Le Crystal

514-380-3444
ehamel@hotellecrystal.com

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Introducing AliPay and WeChat Pay for EasyPark

Motion Pay partners with EasyPark to offer Chinese-currency payment services

EasyPark in providing motorists in Vancouver with a convenient new payment option for parking.
Chinese can now access their Alipay and WeChat Pay accounts in Canada. Payments are done via Motion Pay Technology Inc.’s fully-integrated and secure platform, which converts the RMB funds to Canadian dollars.

This new initiative means that EasyPark is the first parking company in British Colombia to offer this Motion Pay service. It has introduced the new payment service at its attended sites in Vancouver. EasyPark has plans to extend Wechat Pay and Alipay to all their Vancouver locations, including high-volume tourist centres like Stanley Park, Queen Elizabeth Park and Jericho Beach.

Founded in 1947, EasyPark’s mission is to “make parking easy”, and its mandate is to provide safe, convenient and affordable parking for customers. Today, its operations include more than 135 parking facilities throughout British Columbia, under the EasyPark brand.

The company has always been a leader in using technology to make parking more convenient for its customers. In 2011, EasyPark launched the first parking app for the Apple and Android markets. Two years later, the EasyPark FlexPass made its debut, allowing people who only drive occasionally to park at a discount instead of the regular hourly rate.

“Chinese tourists, business people and residents are a growing presence in Vancouver and B.C. and, as motorists, they are seeking our simpler, straightforward parking solutions,” says EasyPark Chief Executive Officer Nigel Bullers. “Motion Pay adds another highly-convenient payment service for many of them.”

Ottawa-based fintech Motion Pay is the first Canadian company to have working partnerships with Alipay and WeChat Pay, the largest mobile payment providers in China. It serves hundereds of merchants — including EasyPark—  who can offer the point-of-sale China RMB payments in all major Canadian cities, from coast-to-coast.

“Our low-fee service scans the QR code in mobile phones, so payments can be made easily and safely through the hugely-popular WeChat Pay and Alipay apps,” says Eric Paquet, Motion Pay’s President and Chief Operating Officer.

Paquet adds, “It provides businesses like EasyPark with a turn-key payment solution and a big advantage attracting greater numbers of Chinese customers.”

 

About Motion Pay – www.motionpay.ca
Motion Pay Technology Inc is the first Canadian company to have working partnerships with Alipay and WeChat Pay, the largest mobile payment providers in China. It gives Canadian businesses fully integrated payment services designed to attract greater sales opportunities from the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who travel and live in Canada.

About EasyPark – www.easypark.ca
Founded in 1947, EasyPark’s mission is straightforward: “To make parking easy”. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, its mandate is to provide safe, convenient and affordable parking, with operations that include 135 parking facilities in 60 client accounts in B.C., who are part of the EasyPark brand.

MEDIA CONTACT:

 

Eric Paquet, President and COO
Motion Pay Technology Inc.
(514) 771-4000
eric.paquet@motionpay.ca

 

Greg Watrych, Client Relations Manager

EasyPark

604.717.7364

greg@easypark.ca

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City of Ottawa honored the founder of Motion Pay Technology the 6th annual Immigrant Entrepreneur Award

On Friday, November 3, 2017, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson presented the sixth annual Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards at TiE Ottawa’s annual entrepreneurship conference, TiECon Canada. Riven Zhang, the founder of Motion Pay Technology Inc, is one of the four recipients of this honor.

Each year the City of Ottawa celebrates and recognizes the success and contributions of individuals who were born outside of Canada and now make Ottawa their home. The awards have been presented annually since 2012.

Riven was nominated by Ottawa Chinese Community Service Center (OCCSC) thanks to his significant contributions to the Ottawa Chinese community in more than a decade. The nomination also recognized his business innovation spirit and entrepreneurship. Founded in 2015 by Riven, the Ottawa-based Motion Pay Technology Inc. provides Canadian businesses with fully integrated payment services designed to attract greater sales opportunities from the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who travel and live in Canada.

The Mayor of Ottawa also stressed that he is expecting more and more Chinese tourists coming to Canada as 2018 will be the “Year of Canada-China Tourism”. Riven’s business could potentially make further contributions to the nation’s economy by empowering Chinese consumers to shop in Canada more easily and conveniently using their Alipay and Wechat Pay accounts.

Motion Pay Technology Inc – www.motionpay.ca – is an Ottawa-based high tech company and the first Canadian company to have working partnerships with Alipay and Wechat pay, the largest mobile payment providers in China. Motion Pay offers secure and flexible solutions for online and in-store payment processing across a wide variety of markets through retail stores, internet and mobile channels.

 

Mayor of City of Ottawa Jim Watson, Motion Pay CEO Riven Zhang, city councillor Riley Brockington

Motion Pay CTO Shen Shen, CEO Riven Zhang, President&COO Eric Paquet.

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Montreal hotels can now offer a popular mobile payment service to Chinese guests

AHGM and Motion Pay announce preferred agreement to hoteliers to provide Alipay and WeChat Pay payment service

 

The Hotel Association of Greater Montreal and Motion Pay Technology Inc. are partnering to provide convenient payment options for Chinese hotel guests in Canada’s beautiful Montreal. Participating AHGM members can now offer guests direct access to their Alipay and WeChat Pay accounts. Official launch will be made tonight at the 2017 Hotelia Awards.

The Association’s member hotels which offers 16,500 rooms can take advantage of a lower-cost option for easy payments from Chinese tourists, business people and travellers staying in Montreal. The Motion Pay service allows customers to access popular Alipay and WeChat Pay accounts, and pay in China RMB payments. The company’s fully integrated service converts the China RMB to Canadian dollars for the hotel.

Eve Paré, AHGM Chief Executive Officer says: “Our partnership with Motion Pay is a bonus for everyone, and provides for our member hotels another high-value service. This payment service is very attractive for Chinese guests who want the convenience of accessing their WeChat Pay and Alipay accounts.”

The number of Chinese tourists visiting the city is expected to increase steadily over the next few years, thanks to the addition of direct flights from Montreal. To date, there are five flights a week to Beijing and seven to Shanghai. It is also expected that this trend will continue, especially given that both countries have agreed to make 2018 the Canada-China Tourism Year.

“Chinese tourism to Montreal is surging, and we are very pleased to be partnering with AHGM and providing our service to Montreal’s hotels” says Eric Paquet, Motion Pay’s president and Chief Operating Officer. “Motion Pay’s secure technology, and convenient point of sale terminals are a powerful customer-service tool for Montreal-based hoteliers and businesses with Chinese clients.”

About Motion Pay

Motion Pay Technology Inc – www.motionpay.ca – is the first Canadian company to have working partnerships with Alipay and WeChat Pay, the largest mobile payment providers in China. It gives Canadian businesses fully integrated payment services designed to attract greater sales opportunities from the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who travel and live in Canada.

About the Hotel Association of Greater Montreal

The Hotel Association of Greater Montreal (AHGM) – www.ahgm.org – is the professional association of the leading hotel establishments in Montreal. Its mission is to play an essential role as a driving force as well as to represent its members, who are indispensable to the growth and development of tourism and the economy. The AHGM engages, informs and supports its members through the promotion of practices that meet the highest standards of excellence in the world.

 

MEDIA CONTACT:
Eric Paquet, President and COO
Motion Pay Technology Inc.
(514) 771-4000
eric.paquet@motionpay.ca
Eve Paré, CEO
Hotel association of Greater Montreal
514 939-2583
epare@ahgm.org

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Motion Pay to be Gold Sponsor of Alibaba’s Toronto Business Conference — Gateway ’17

Canada’s largest provider of Alipay to showcase its payment platform at September 25 event

September 19, 2017 – Motion Pay Technology Inc., the first and the largest provider of Alipay payment solutions in Canada, is the proud gold sponsor of a high-profile Alibaba-hosted Toronto conference for Canadian businesses seeking to expand Chinese commercial, tourism and trade opportunities. As an Alipay provider, Motion Pay helps Chinese consumers shop with their Alipay accounts in Canada. Operated by Ant Financial Services Group, Alipay is the world’s largest mobile and online payment platform with over 520 million active users. Ant Financial is a related company of Alibaba.

Gateway ’17 takes place at Exhibition Place on September 25, and includes keynote speeches from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group.

The Prime Minister and Jack Ma will also participate in a fireside chat during the sold-out gathering of 2500 attendees.

“This event further solidifies a significant Canadian partnership with Alipay,” said Eric Paquet, Motion Pay’s newly appointed president and COO. “Our service enables Canadian businesses new sales opportunities by allowing Chinese in Canada to shop conveniently and safely with their Alipay accounts.”

“Chinese consumers have adopted mobile payments as the most convenient way to pay. With 1.7 trillion USD in transaction volume in 2016 and over 70% being processed through mobile payments, Alipay is transforming the payment ecosystem,” says Paquet, “and it’s just the beginning!” he adds.

China’s middle-class population, projected to exceed 600 million by 2022, presents a giant opportunity for retailers offering quality products, travel amenities and services. In tourism alone, China has become one of Canada’s largest overseas pleasure travel markets, according to a recent Statistics Canada report.

Gold sponsor Motion Pay offers a secure back-end server for Chinese to access their Alipay accounts, pay through their mobile phones, and enables Canadian merchant outlets to accept China RMB payments. In less than six months of operation it has already signed more than 600 merchants with retailers and businesses in every major Canadian city, from coast-to-coast.

Motion Pay will showcase its premier mobile-banking services at Gateway ‘17.

Motion Pay Technology Inc – www.motionpay.ca – is an Ottawa-based high tech company and the first Canadian company to have a working partnership with Alipay, the largest mobile payment provider in China. It provides Canadian businesses with fully integrated payment services designed to attract greater sales opportunities from the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who travel and live in Canada. Motion Pay offers secure and flexible solutions for online and in-store payment processing across a wide variety of markets through retail stores, internet and mobile channels.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Eric Paquet, President and COO

(514) 771-4000 Eric.Paquet@MotionPay.ca

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Eric Paquet named President and COO of Motion Pay Technology

Payments’ executive joins start-up to grow Alipay and WeChat pay in Canada.

September, 18th,  2017 — Canadian mobile payment fintech Motion Pay Technology Inc. has appointed Eric Paquet as its first President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Paquet has served a total of 20 years in the Canadian payment industry including 10 years in banking.  Former Desjardins and National Bank of Canada executive, he was also a Board Member at the Interac Association, the largest debit card network in Canada, and the Vancouver-based Ficanex Services Corp., which operates The Exchange ABM network in Canada and the United States. He has contributed to payment working groups such as The Canadian Payment Task Force, the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada, and The Reference model for mobile payments in Canada.

“We are excited to have someone with the depth and breadth of Eric’s practical payment expertise,” said Motion Pay Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and co-founder Riven Zhang. “Motion Pay is an integrated in-store, mobile and on-line payment platform empowering merchants to connect with Chinese consumers. With Eric’s insight we will be taking the company to another level,” said Zhang.

Motion Pay is a one stop total payment solution that enables Canadian merchants to accept China RMB cross-border payments with highly secured stand alone terminals. Chinese shoppers pay their purchases with China RMB in store thru their WeChat Pay or Alipay accounts by scanning the QR code on their mobile devices. China RMB are then automatically converted into a currency that local stores can accept.

“I look forward to bringing my payment experience to Motion Pay’s team,” said Paquet. “This company is well positioned to be part of the payment ecosystem’s transformation. Motion Pay brings to Canadian businesses convenient payment solutions that are win-win for the merchant and for their Chinese customers who can easily access their accounts in China through their mobile phone.”

Paquet holds a Financial Management Degree from Florida Southern College, and a Baccalaureat in Law from Laval University in Quebec City. He was called to the bar in 1995.

Motion Pay Technology Inc – www.motionpay.ca – is an Ottawa-based, high tech fully owned Canadian corporation which provides Canadian businesses with payment services designed to attract greater sales opportunities from the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who travel and live in Canada. Motion Pay is the leading provider for Alipay and WeChat Pay solutions in North America, and the first Canadian company to have working partnerships with them.

MEDIA CONTACT: 

Mr. Riven Zhang, CEO 

Phone: 613-319-6686 
Email:  Riven@MotionPay.ca

Eric Paquet, President and COO

Phone: 514-771-4000

Email:  Eric.Paquet@MotionPay.ca

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Alipay and Wechatpay Surpasses 600 Stores In Canada thru Motion Pay Technology

OTTAWA, Aug. 28, 2017 /CNW/ – Canadian mobile payment service start-up Motion Pay Technology Inc. has passed yet another milestone in its first five months of operations by signing 600 stores with retailers and businesses across Canada. Now available in every major Canadian city, today Motion Pay announces designer eyewear retailer Eyestar Optical of Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario as its 600th merchant outlet.

 

Developed to facilitate greater sales opportunities with Chinese tourists, students and all Chinese living in Canada, Motion Pay provides businesses with a fully integrated payment solution through its secure, handheld smart point-of-sales terminals at retail locations. This mobile payment service company allows Chinese to access their Alipay and WeChat Pay accounts and enables Canadian merchants to accept China RMB payments.

 

“We welcome Eyestar Optical as our latest merchant,” says Motion Pay CEO and co-founder Riven Zhang. “By providing its Chinese customers with convenient access to AliPay and WeChat Pay in their home accounts, Eyestar Optical is gaining a sales advantage and the potential for greater customer loyalty within the Vancouver and Toronto Chinese communities.”

 

Mr. Zhang adds, “In such a short period of time, we are absolutely thrilled to have 600 stores with coast to coast installations of our Motion Pay terminals.”

 

Retail outlets that now offer Motion Pay are wide ranging, from the Canadian jewelry giant Birks to NCIX computer components; from lifestyle and fashion retailer Miniso Life to the world renowned Pillitteri Estates Winery. Motion Pay can be used at Vancouver’s FreshOTO seafood markets, Calgary Tours travel service, and the Yorkville International Academy.

 

It was only a few weeks ago that HTL Dental Group of Toronto and Markham, Ontario became Motion Pay’s 500th merchant outlet.

 

“It is not surprising that Canadian businesses are so quickly recognizing our service as a gold standard of business for payments drawn from China,” says Mr. Zhang. “We are providing reliable point of sale payment processing that is built on our own secure, licensed backend server platform. And this is linked with China’s leading payment providers – Alipay and WeChat Pay.”

 

“Our service is safe, easy and takes the hassle away from Yuan transactions,” states Mr. Zhang.

 

Motion Pay Technology Inc – www.motionpay.ca – is an Ottawa-based high tech company which provides Canadian businesses with fully integrated payment services designed to attract greater sales opportunities from the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who travel and live in Canada. Motion Pay is the first Canadian company to have working partnerships with Alipay and WeChat Pay of China.

 

MEDIA:

Mr. Riven Zhang, CEO

Motion Pay Technology 

Phone: 613-319-6686
Email:  riven@motionpay.ca

 

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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.

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Motion Pay Technology Will Host First Alipay And WeChat Pay Transactions In Canada

February 1, 2017– Motion Pay Technology is scheduled later this month to support the first Alipay and WeChat Pay transactions in Canada at the Birks’ Rideau Centre location in Ottawa. These transactions will mark the very first mobile payments in a Canadian store from accounts held in China, converting Chinese RMB to Canadian dollars.

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Canadian Firm Partners With Chinese Mobile Payment Giants

Alipay and WeChat Pay sign first-ever licenses in Canada with Motion Pay Technology of Ottawa

November 9, 2016 – Alipay and WeChat Pay – China’s two leading payment-service providers – have come ashore in Canada, with their services now being offered to retailers and businesses across the country.  Today, Motion Pay Technology is pleased to announce that it is the first Canadian company to sign licenses with Alipay and WeChat Pay.

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