Alipay - Simplify Your Life

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Description of App

Alipay is a super app designed to offer a bouquet of services to bring convenience into your everyday life. Trusted by more than 1.2 billion global users, Alipay’s offerings span from allowing it‘s users to make payments (send, receive, and spend money with ease), manage finances, choose a suitable insurance scheme, hail a cab or even order in from a favorite restaurant, etc.
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YOU ARE ONLY A ‘TOUCH’ AWAY-
1. Send/Receive money from your peers;
2. Transfer money to friends or split the bill at your favorite restaurant;
3. Card free payment at millions of merchants;
4. Top up your mobile phone and pay your utility bills;
5. Place and track orders in Taobao and TMall;
6. Order food from local restaurants or book a taxi;
7. Manage your money with wealth management products;
8. Free off-site cross-bank transfer / credit card repayment and loans;
9. Scan & Pay – Scan & use the QR code to pay at your local stores;
10. Book Air/Rail/Movie Tickets, at ease;
11. Enjoy hundreds of discounts and promotions from various merchants;
12. Group account facility to manage expenses within family and friends circle;
13. Donate/Participate in walkathons along with your friends in "Sports" service which supports HealthKit functionality.

Version

10.2.71

Free or Paid

Free

Apple Watch Support

Yes

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

15.5

Accessibility Comments

This app is fully accessible with voiceover, But certain elements are in Chinese, but however, this app is fully accessible with voiceover and has full voiceover support.
Certain elements are not understandable such as offers inside the app unless you understand Chinese.
In order to use this app properly, you need to have your iPhone language preference set to English first and Chinese next, that way voiceover will speak the Chinese elements properly.
The core functions of the app such as making and receiving payments are 100% accessible with voiceover in English.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

This app works really well when you need to make payments in China, unlike WeChat pay, you can use your international Credit/debit card from anywhere in the country.
But it’s best to use the tour pass function which allows you to essentially use it as a prepaid card for use in China.
But however, the passport upload process is a bit tedious without sided assistance.
But after the latest update, you can now manually fill in your identity information during set up for use in Mainland China.
The only currency that is supported is Chinese yuan, and it is only valid for use in mainland China, but international users will only be able to use it on Chinese merchants

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