SINGAPORE (Sept 13): Alipay, the mobile payment and lifestyle platform operated by China’s Ant Financial Services Group, has concluded its first “cashless trip” made by Chinese visitors to Singapore.

The trip was held in August this year together with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), and saw six Alipay users visit Singapore based on itineraries planned by STB for three out of its seven “passion tribes”, namely the Foodie, Collector and Explorer tribes.

It was designed to promote Singaporean destinations that accept Alipay’s cashless payment platform in order to demonstrate to Chinese visitors that they can enjoy the same seamless experience in Singapore as they do back home, says Alipay in a press release issued on Thursday.

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