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Apple Tests Douyin Pay for China App Store

Approval would position Douyin Pay alongside Alipay, WeChat Pay and UnionPay as the fourth App Store payment method in China.

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ByteDance-owned Douyin had an estimated 766.5 million monthly active users on the mainland. Photo: Shutterstock
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Overview

  • Apple has started internal testing to integrate ByteDance’s Douyin Pay into the mainland China App Store, local outlets IThome and MyDrivers report, and the company has not responded to requests for comment.
  • Launched in January 2021, Douyin Pay lets users link bank accounts and cards for transactions inside Douyin, including livestream purchases, in-app store payments and peer-to-peer transfers.
  • Once testing concludes successfully, Douyin Pay would join Ant Group’s Alipay, Tencent’s WeChat Pay and state-run China UnionPay as an App Store payment option in China.
  • Douyin’s reported 766.5 million monthly active users give its payment service substantial reach within China’s competitive mobile commerce landscape.
  • In a separate development, purported iPhone 17 rear-camera images briefly appeared on Casetify’s website before being removed, but Apple has not confirmed their authenticity.