The Macau Pass has been officially approved to provide acquiring services to Alipay+, a suite of cross-border payments and marketing solutions operated by Ant Group.

This means that in addition to Alipay, AlipayHK, WeChat Pay, Simple Pay and other e-wallets launched by other banks in Macau, Macau Pass payment devices can now also accept the Philippines’ GCash, Malaysia’s Touch ‘n Go eWallet and Thailand’s TrueMoney, following South Korea’s Kakao Pay.

The cooperation with Alipay+ will accelerate the digital transformation of local merchants in Macau as this will create a connected international digital payments ecosystem for Macau

Additionally it also helps solve the problem of cross-border payment for international tourists, and help enterprises find new marketing growth opportunities.

Macau Pass’ MPay e-Wallet will continue to explore strategic cooperation with Alibaba Group and Ant Group to further expand to the e-commerce and digital media entertainment sectors.

“Comprehensive and innovative digital solutions is the key to accelerate the digital transformation of Macau’s service industry,”

said Sun Ho, Chairman and CEO of Macau Pass.