DBS PayLah! users can now pay at more than 100 million Alipay and Weixin Pay partner merchants across mainland China, either by scanning the merchant QR code or by showing their own code, DBS said on November 12, 2026. Together with the UnionPay QR link it added in 2022, DBS says it is the only bank in Singapore to support both QR payment methods across all three major Chinese QR networks.
Why it matters: More than three million PayLah! users can pay in yuan without an added DBS transaction fee, within the app’s S$2,000 daily limit, while Lianhe Zaobao reports that Alipay and Weixin Pay charge a 3% platform fee on payments above 200 yuan made with cards issued outside mainland China. UOB said on the same day that its TMRW app will add China QR payments by the end of 2026, and OCBC connected to Weixin Pay in February, so all three large Singapore banks will offer China QR payments inside their own apps.
Source: DBS, November 12, 2026; Lianhe Zaobao, November 13, 2026
Related: Google Wallet adds Traveler QR for Alipay+ merchant payments in Singapore · TenPay Global and Mastercard sign MoU on mainland China QR payments · Asia Fintech: DBS PayLah! adds Alipay and Weixin Pay QR payments at 100 million China merchants
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