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  The e-CNY app now allows tourists to top-up their wallets using Mastercard and Visa payments with a “recharge first and use later” option. 
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 <p>Tourists planning to visit the People’s Republic of China can now pre-charge their digital yuan wallets using Visa and Mastercard payment options as the nation continues to update the mobile app powering its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot.</p>
 <p>The e-CNY app, which is still in its pilot version, is available to iOS and China-based Google Play Store users. The application serves individual users, allowing them to open digital yuan wallets to use e-CNY. </p>
 <p>As per the latest iOS app update&nbsp;published on Sept. 22, version 1.1.1 supports its top-up service with international card options. </p>
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   <em>The latest version of e-CNY app on the Apple App Store introduces the top-up service for international cards. Source: e-CNY app</em>
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 <p>According to a number of local Chinese news outlets, the latest version of the e-CNY app coincides with the start of the Asian Games. </p>
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   <em>A tutorial for foreign users outlining the process of signing up using an international number. Source: e-CNY app.</em>
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 <p>China has extensively trialed using the digital yuan as a payment option for foreigners visiting the country. According to Yicai, the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 marked the beginning of the CBDC pilot being open for <a rel="dofollow" title="tourists" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/tourists.html">tourists</a> as a means to transact with local merchants using e-CNY.</p>
 <p>Inbound <a rel="dofollow" title="tourists" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/tourists.html">tourists</a> are reportedly able to make use of overseas mobile numbers to register and open e-CNY wallets and make use of the recharge wallet feature, which now supports Visa and Mastercard payments.</p>
 <p>As Cointelegraph recently reported, China is making moves to ensure that the digital yuan is available as a payment option for all retail payment scenarios. This would make the digital yuan a ubiquitous payment method in China between retail users and merchants.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="dofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/digital-yuan-app-adds-prepaid-mastercard-visa-top-ups-for-tourists-tbt63932.html">https://thebittimes.com/digital-yuan-app-adds-prepaid-mastercard-visa-top-ups-for-tourists-tbt63932.html</a></p>

Digital yuan app adds prepaid Mastercard Visa top-ups for tourists

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