Chinese visitors can now use Weixin Pay to scan KHQR codes for payments across Cambodia.
The National Bank of Cambodia and Weixin Pay launched the cross-border payment service in Phnom Penh.
The event was led by central bank Governor Chea Serey and Ben Yang, Managing Director of Weixin Pay for Southeast Asia, North America and Latin America.
The integration connects Weixin Pay, also known as WeChat Pay, to KHQR’s unified acceptance network.
Dr. Chea Serey, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia, said,
“The strategic benefits are twofold: first, for our international visitors using Weixin Pay, in particular from China: It offers a familiar, secure, and instant payment experience, eliminating currency exchange friction and reliance on physical cash or traditional cards.
And second, for our domestic enterprises: from major hospitality operators to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), merchants can now access a broader international customer base using their existing KHQR deployment without incurring prohibitive operational costs”.
Ben Yang, Managing Director of Weixin Pay, said,
“By leveraging KHQR’s unified acceptance network, we are extending a secure, efficient, and fully compliant payment corridor that allows Chinese visitors to transact seamlessly within Cambodia’s digital economy.
This is not merely a tourist-convenience feature; it is an exercise in cross-border payment interoperability that puts local-currency settlement, regulatory clarity and merchant digitisation at the center.”
Featured image: Edited by Fintech News Singapore, based on image by National Bank of Cambodia via LinkedIn
