KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd have partnered with Weixin Pay, also known as WeChat Pay, via a Weixin Mini Program to facilitate cross-border payments and help CIMB-affiliated merchants better serve inbound Chinese tourists.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the bank said the initiative aims to improve payment convenience and enhance Malaysian merchants\u2019 visibility among Chinese visitors.<\/p>\n
CIMB said the collaboration aims to strengthen cross-border transactions by enabling Malaysian merchants to accept Weixin Pay, allowing them to showcase offerings digitally, engage Chinese travellers before arrival and facilitate in-store payments via DuitNow QR, particularly across the retail, food and beverage, and hospitality sectors.<\/p>\n
CIMB head of consumer banking Daniel Cheong said the collaboration underscores the bank\u2019s drive to advance cross-border connectivity and create opportunities that uplift communities and businesses, in line with its purpose of advancing customers and society.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy leveraging CIMB\u2019s digital capabilities with Weixin Pay\u2019s extensive global reach, we are enabling merchants to reach high-value travellers and participate more fully in the digital economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough the programme, merchants gain access to a platform that is familiar to Chinese consumers, making it easier for travellers to discover, engage and transact seamlessly \u2013 even before arriving in Malaysia. This partnership reinforces our mission to deliver connectivity, convenience and commercial growth for businesses nationwide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Weixin Pay assistant regional director, Southeast Asia, David Chong said: \u201cMalaysia has become one of the key focus markets for the programme expansion, driven by strong demand from local businesses looking to reach Chinese travellers through digital-first channels.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWeixin Pay is actively strengthening our ecosystem in Malaysia \u2014 from payment innovation to merchant enablement \u2014 and this collaboration with CIMB marks an important milestone in the journey,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
On Jan 1, 2026, participating merchants will receive a dedicated merchant page within the Weixin Pay\u2019s ecosystem to showcase their products and services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd have partnered with Weixin Pay, also known as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,8878,198814,198815,41415,1895,198817,203,105,16847,198816],"class_list":{"0":"post-366155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-banking","11":"tag-cimb-bank","12":"tag-cimb-islamic-bank","13":"tag-cross-border-payments","14":"tag-digital-economy","15":"tag-duitnow-qr","16":"tag-mobile","17":"tag-technology","18":"tag-wechat-pay","19":"tag-weixin-pay"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}