Alibaba Helps U.S. Cities With Mobile Payments for Chinese Tourism Wave


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The trick to getting more U.S. businesses to invest in mobile payments will be to convince them that more demand will also soon come from U.S. travelers, who are still largely cash and card-carrying consumers for now.

China has become one of the largest overseas visitor markets for the United States in only a few years. As more Chinese visit major U.S. gateway cities and beyond, they're bringing their favorite payment methods – phones. Alipay, the Alibaba Group's a mobile payment platform, has quickly