As Chinese consumers continue to spend more money online,Philippines erotic one of China's biggest tech companies wants to profit from their spending on overseas websites.
Baidu, which runs China's biggest search engine, has partnered with PayPal, to allow its users to shop on overseas sites with funds from their Baidu Wallet.
SEE ALSO: China's answer to PayPal is coming to the rest of AsiaWith the tie-up, this opens Baidu users to some 17 million PayPal-accepting merchants across the world.
And for those PayPal merchants, they get Baidu's 100 million users.
PayPal also opens itself to a market hungry for overseas spending. China's e-commerce spending at home is already huge -- online retail sales reached $752 billion in 2016 alone.
Consider China's Singles' Day shopping festival, its version of Black Friday: Alibaba reached $18 billion in sales in the 24 hours last year, with 82 percent of purchases made through mobile phones.
The deal comes on the heels of fellow Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent, which have similarly moved to expand their payment networks overseas.
Alipay, Alibaba's mobile wallet, had earlier in April announced its merger with HelloPay, a Southeast Asian platform.
Tencent's WeChat Pay also announced earlier this month that it had applied for a Malaysian payment license.
US startup Stripe also earlier announced its collaboration with Alipay and WeChat Pay.
China is huge on mobile payment, but not on credit cards.
These moves have been necessary because despite China's strong take-up of mobile payment, credit card usage has remained low in the country. In 2014, only 16 percent of Chinese consumers owned a credit card, according to the Economist.
Instead, the average Chinese shopper has preferred to use the mobile wallets provided by the likes of Alibaba and Tencent, because they've been seamlessly integrated into their mobile apps, allowing people to pay for utilities and even roadside vendors, with a quick scanning of a QR code between phones.
This preference for local payment modes has posed a barrier for western retailers, which often require credit cards on their online stores.
Tencent and Alibaba's platforms also have a considerably higher number of users compared with Baidu.
Alipay's whopping 450 million users and Tencent's estimated 300 million users put it far ahead of Baidu Wallet's 100 million figure.
So perhaps the tie-up with PayPal is just what Baidu needs to give it that extra edge.
Tesla China responds to Chengdu crash involving 11 vehicles · TechNode'Poolman' review: How bad is Chris Pine's directorial debut?BookTok and teens: What parents need to knowXiaomi CEO Lei Jun donates recordHuawei to deliver 23,000 Aito EVs in December, seeking partnership with FAW · TechNode61 polar bears amass outside Arctic village because sea ice is pitifully low'The Iron Claw' review: A24's proWordle today: The answer and hints for May 10Target Mother's Day deal: Shop gift cards and get $10 backTSMC reportedly secures a processor order from Intel worth $14 billion · TechNodeJack Ma's former assistant refutes preXiaomi CEO Lei Jun donates recordRedmi debuts K70 series for its 10th anniversary · TechNodeJack Ma urges Alibaba to change and reform as PDD catches up in market value · TechNodeU.N. aims to make carbon emissions cost money at COP 25 climate talksEarth's winds have picked up again, after decades of slowingGeely’s Zeekr to unveil custom EV batteries on Dec. 14 · TechNodePDD chases rival Alibaba’s market value after reporting strong revenue in Q3 · TechNodeByteDance set to buy back shares from investors at $268 billion valuation: report · TechNodeXiaomi CEO Lei Jun donates record iRobot will Alexa voice commands to Roomba 900 series robot vacuums Dear Twitter: Please verify me. Love, Julian Assange. Blizzard Entertainment is suing a cheating service for $8.7 million Cyclist bikes 125 miles to create the cutest of map goats A major study just validated the iPhone's potential for medical research River receives the same rights as a human in 'world first' settlement Whoopi Goldberg is furious about a fake news story that 'endangered' her life Google opens up to kids under 13 with Family Link Intense video shows python swallowing a hyena whole New 'Ides of Trump' campaign will inundate Trump with critical postcards Rapper tears into NME on Twitter after they put him on cover without permission China's police are now shooting down drones with radio Facezam app lets users ID people on Facebook using pictures Author tweets about whitewashed book cover, and sparks discussion on representation Kendall Jenner loses thousands of dollars in jewelry in alleged robbery Celebrities help give a voice to Syrian children affected by civil war Welp, humanity had a good run: Humpback whales organize into mysterious 'super Even an official poll can't stop the pineapple pizza debate tearing America apart NYT Strands hints, answers for June 24 Finn Jones blames Trump for everyone hating problematic 'Iron Fist'
3.085s , 10107.765625 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Philippines erotic】,Warmth Information Network