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20: Alipay vs WeChat and why smile to pay matters

Category: Technology
Duration: 01:03:11
Publish Date: 2017-09-07 22:43:04
Description:

Matt and John start with Alipay's recent "smile to pay" demo and end with a discussion on why WeChat went into payments in the first place. Along the way, they talk about:

  • Alipay and WeChat's money market funds
  • WeChat's new money market fund feature
  • The dangers and benefits of ubiquitous facial recognition
    -The role WeChat and Alipay are playing in reshaping retail banking in China
    -Whether Alipay can ever become a platform like WeChat
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