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China’s digital currency comes to its biggest messaging app WeChat

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, WeChat plans to roll out China’s e-CNY digital currency for use in its app. WeChat is used everywhere in China, with the super app offering many functions such as messaging, payments, taxi-hailing, and food orders. WeChat Pay has over 800 million monthly users. Alipay has also started trialing digital yuan payments. The People’s Bank of China has expanded the rollout of its e-CNY app to certain regions and cities, allowing anyone in those areas to use the service.