Nepal bans China's WeChat Pay, Alipay

Nepal bans China's WeChat Pay, Alipay

Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg

Nepal has banned popular Chinese digital payment apps WeChat Pay and AliPay saying payments from the unregistered systems were illegal and resulting in a loss of income to the Himalayan nation, a spokesman for the central bank said on Wednesday.

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